I awoke today to more grey, blaw skies and a serious case of cabin fever for adventure again. Not exactly the best combination. It doesn't take long for both Dave and I to feel that way. Its only been 1.75 months since we got back from New Zealand, but when you spend close to 8- 10 hrs /day, almost everyday experiencing new landscapes, new water and new fish, you tend to go into a bit of withdrawal when you leave it all. One day while in NZ, we fished a river that was 3 - 9 feet wide,fast moving and had a fairly substantial downhill gradient. We've mentioned this stream before, but we haven't talked much about the gorgy section (kiwi word for canyon) and how it got extremely tight in spots. We went looking for adventure and we certainly found it. At one point we reached the pass or "no pass" spot in the gorge. High cliffs on either side of the river with fast moving white water in between and waist high water in spots. The only possible way to proceed upstream involved Dave pulling himself over a giant granite boulder with rod and pack in hand/mouth and then helping me to do the same. It served me well to be with a guy with some decent upper body strength:) I believe we took 20 more steps after that boulder before a scramble out of the canyon was in order. You're probably asking, was this all really worth it for the fishing? Yes, yes and yes again. In fact, the tough hike to discover 25 - 28" rainbows is actually what made that day so amazing for me. If the day had been easy all the way along, I don't think the fishing would have stood out to me as much as it did. Can't wait for the next adventure. Memories will have to do for now though....back to office work.
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