The Rapala Insider: A Beautiful Lake Somewhere...

I just realised how long it has been since my last update to Rapala Insider. Last posting was May 25th! Work commitments.... work commitments...

Despite the hectic schedule, YH, FG & I had an invitation to fish with J at a certain spot of his which was pretty good for Toman & Sebarau. We just had to check it out! Being out of the fishing action for a long time, this was a welcome break for me given the crazy workload seeking to engulf me like a blob of goo from the movie 'The Blob'.

It was raining that early morning and that really affected the water clarity a whole lot. Water was a shivering cold temperature. Water had gushed down from the mountainside down to the lake making certain parts look like Nescafe with milk. Visibility was poor. And to top it all, the wind was pretty strong which made spotting the Toman rises extremely difficult. It was going to be one loooong day!

This is where a good guide comes in. What separates the men from the boys. When you have a guide that has eyes of a hawk, a Toman ripple far away could easily be spotted no problemo.

It was like clockwork...

"There... Toman..."

Guns engine toward the rises and kills the engine about 70-80m away and starts pedalling towards the activity

Very often, the lures would swim back to the boat unmolested. But there were also many cases of surface explosions from lunging Toman; short of a hookup. They DO NEED SPECS coz they cant seem to aim at a lure properly! Of course, there were times when these did convert into solid hookups that resulted in Toman on the hands of a Colgate-kind-of-smile-angler.

Special thanks goes to J for the wonderful trip. Looking forward to fish with you again soon!