Day 6

May 7th, 2018
Today was a great day! We have finally caught a fish! On the little brook called Kimpton, I hear Finn yell in excitement as a small trout dangles from the line. I told him to put it in the fishing net but unfortunately he left it in the car and the fish fell off before we could document it and take a picture of it. After heading back for some lunch we met up with the one and only Alfie Rylander. He brought us to a slow moving river near his house and showed us how it’s done. He caught a great 12 inch fish and was able to get it in the net so we can document it and post the data to trout blitz. Tomorrow we will be back at it and possibly doing some fly tying with Hunter! Maybe tomorrow will be my first catch.
 






Hours Today: 4.5

Total Hours: 17.5

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