Sunday 28th October. Tengawai Bridge.

Up at dawn and down to bridge. Water @ 10oC. Saw a small fish and covered it 2-3 times with a midge pattern. Fish looked interested but to my annoyance the hook slipped up into the indicator, I had not attached the indicator properly. Stuck a loop in it but the fish saw me and shot off. It's amazing how long you can stand behind a fish without it, seeing you. Walked up stream saw no other fish other than a small shoal of smelt/young trout. Had no reading glasses so hook tying very difficult. On way back walked up small side stream that led into farmland and cattle grazing at the water's edge. It was in this stream I had fished, at its confluence, earlier. The fish was back there again but I spooked it moving downstream. This was just outside a minor time on the solunar calendar.