Holiday weekend

It's thanksgiving weekend over here with Monday being a holiday day, took the temperature on the decking at 1.30pm today and it read 90 yes 90 degrees. Don't think I'll bother with the fishing till next week when it is supposed to get back to normal temps.

Phew

Went for my first session yesterday, fished Hoople on the float which usually guarantees fish....11.30 to 5.30pm nothing, zilch apart from one run which was probably a liner. Only saw 3 fish break surface in the time I was there. The weather is more like August than October at the moment and the anglers are struggling everywhere.

Tim............berrrrrrrrr

Today the tree guys are here to take out another 4 trees, this morning is a beautiful cool, crisp day without a cloud in the sky. Had a ride down to the motel last evening, fishing is very slow at the minute and has been through September so fingers crossed for an improvement there then.

If carlsberg did airports...................................

They certainly wouldn't have done Montreal. So you have sat on a plane for 7.1/2 hrs, been on the go for a total of 17 and you then end up in a queue with nearly a thousand people waiting to go through immigration..............deep bloody joy. Anyway after about 1.1/2hrs I finally got to pick up my luggage and meet up with my neighbour Brian who had kindly come through to pick me up.
Surely it's not rocket science to stagger incoming aircraft so that this ridiculous situation doesn't occur or perhaps they just don't give a toss. Either way something needs to be done, maybe next time it might be a flight to Ottawa.

House Renovations

From left to right

November 2007, May 2010, September 2011

September saw what is probably the final modification to the outside of the Canada house with installation of new sidings to try and make the property more modern looking.......we think we have achieved that and are pleased with the results. I am back over on the 3rd October for 3 weeks to close down the house for the winter, do a bit of decorating and hopefully catch a few carp and if I'm really lucky some other species.

New York, New York

Finished off our holiday with a trip to New York City, after a steady 9 hour drive most of which was through endless woodland, we arrived for our short two night stay on Staten Island we took the ferry across to New York city, this must be the best free…..yes free ride in the world, taking 20mins and passing by the Statue of Liberty before docking at Manhattan. We took the two tours up-town and downtown where we saw most of the sights, saw the park and finished off with a visit to Ground Zero where they are busy re-building the site, but nothing can prepare you for the true sadness you feel as you go round and massive waste of life caused by the terrorist attack. New York has made a lasting impression on me and i certainly aim to return again soon.

Apologies

for not keeping the blog update but here goes. Since the last post we had a session on the back door of the first bridge and managed 12 fish with the best one of 24.4 to Joe, we have had a couple of sessions on the Power Dam which have produced quite a few 20's to 24lb but nothing bigger. Julie has arrived and thankfully the weather is on the warm side so no complaints on that front. On Wednesday we got caught in a massive thunderstorm at at the dam and had to pack up at 9am as we were both wet through despite having a brolly..........it was a shame really as I had already caught a 24.4, a 21 and another scraper 20 and we had lost 2, the indications were that it could have been a good day but never mind. Another storm hit in the afternoon so the decision to come home wasn't a bad one.
Yesterday Thursday was a golf day with 3 friends at Cornwall Golf and Country Club, shot 78 which wasn't bad, then we were down to the Blue Anchor Restaurant on the waterfront for a lovely meal and a few beers.