if is not one thing, its another

Awesome morning for fishing today

Very light winds, temperature great and water crystal clear in the harbour

We put the boat in the water just b4 dawn

The deckie is holding boat next to dock

After parking the ute and  trailer - I run down ramp full of expectation of what should be a great day on the water 

Then I hop in boat and push forward the throttle leaving the dock behind

As I turn the steering wheel a little more - pop!  

And everything in steering mechanism goes loose

The pop was the steering cable breaking about halfway along its length

With low revs and some hands on the outboard we gradually get back to the dock again

With many a muttered word under my breathe (and sometimes aloud) we reload the boat onto the trailer and head dejectedly home

It seems like every school holidays - if it’s not a crack in the hull it’s something else - like the steering mechanism breaking!

Even made up some ubeaut "barra buster" flies for the edges of the mangroves

I use them for barramundi and saratoga at corroboree too

Tail is some flash n slinky, a little gold flashabou, and a white rabbit zonker strip. Collar is crosscut rabbit strips of a contrasting colour, bead chain eyes and a weed guard for the high vegetative terrain the target fish sit in ambush waiting for their dinner. Simple but very pulsating and effective fly.

So with no boat I may have to go back to simpler times when I only had to drive 30mins and walk into water (no crocs) when I lived near Newcastle NSW