After the fly fishing session at lower Pierce Reservoir we returned to the flyshop to find several local flyfishers hanging out .Following introductions,stories and looking at photo's of the afternoons catch (all released ) one local Qwek invited me to go flyfishing the following day. It was to be a "dawn buster" coining a phrase from my surfing days with the plan to be at the Pandan reservoir before sunrise ;one so Qwek and Albert another fisho can go to work after and two to have a fish before the local ranger starts work. We arrive before dawn to a humid,still morning with the glassy smooth water reflecting a spectacular sunrise above the far off eastern shore.This time I used a #4 weight flyrod a clear intermediate flyline and a size 4 tan & white bead chain clouser.A mixture of Peacock bass and Tilapia were caught with Qwek catching the best bass around 40-45cm and my best catch being a 30cm specimen. The morning was topped off with a traditional breakfast at a "cafe" courtesy of Albert as Qwek had to head off to work. Plans were made for another session that afternoon this time Henry from Coho flyshop was to come along as well. The afternoon proved to be alot warmer with thunder storms building off in the east. Henry proved to be the quiet "master" landing 2 nice bass from his unusual squatting stance on the retaining rocks - no long casts here short cast parellel to the rock walls was the go.Fishing was interrupted by the ranger approaching from the north whereby we had to hide under a motorway overpass beside the reservoir until he drove away. We resumed fishing only to have to call it quits after the aforementioned storm clouds started throwing lightning bolts threatening to turn our flyrods into lightning rods-no thanks.Thanks heaps to Michael & Henry from COHO fishing and Qwek & Albert all for their hospitality thanks guys.
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