FISHING?

 Well, expecting a 'usual' Saturday morning around here.

Grocery shopping.   Housework.  Then we are visiting some friends who are lending us some fishing rods.

I have it in my head to go fishing!!!!

I miss fishing.  I used to go fishing HEAPS as a kid/teenager, and then whenever we visited my parents at Whitianga.

So, we are going to borrow some rods and see if the passion for fishing is still there?

We will go to a place this morning and get a little bit of 'fishing tackle'... sinkers, hooks, spinnakers, etc.  Just enough to make a little start.  NOT going nuts right now, I might find it's no longer something I enjoy?

Ya never know.  The rods we are borrowing are for casting off from the beach, and that's not something I have done before.  I've only ever fished off a boat.  Could be interesting.

Or not.  😂  Either way, it will be a nice way to pass some time I'm sure.  Two old farts sitting on deck chairs on the beach, eating crackers and cheese, sipping on Diet Coke, watching our rods.    

Imagine it.  

So, with that all said, I better get a move on.  I'm not sure if I'll accompany Stew to the supermarket or not yet.  I might just stay home and get our little picnic shit sorted out.

ONWARD...

Lol...we got the surf casting rods, then went and BOUGHT 2 smaller rods for fishing off peirs and wharfes as well. And bait and the other stuff we might need. 

Now..  we are heading off.  Let's see how this goes 🫠

When I checked the time of high tides today, Google said 1 pm. Google didn't say TODAYS freakin high tide did it? TODAY'S high tide is at 4 pm. So we are killing some time having lunch at the local pub. Crackers and cheese can wait for another day. 😉

ABOVE:   I had the heater all to myself at the pub, it was BLISS.

ABOVE: 'Back in the day', when I was a teenager I used to 'steal' salt and pepper containers from places.  Yep, I did.

If I was still that naughty, I'd have stolen these ones for sure.  I love them. Now I have to try and find some, cos I'd love some of my own. 😊

3 pm:  NOTE TO SELF:  When you decided to go fishing, check out:  A) The tides, and B) The weather.

Because, after lunch it started to rain, and it was clearly going to stick around.  Not only was it wet, it was bloody cold.  So we went for a little drive:

ABOVE: A group of people learning how to surf.  It was a good day for that, the waves weren't too big.

ABOVE:  SHIT weather.  

After having a little drive around, we stopped in at Groovy Rags and I bought a couple of new sweatshirts for next winter.

Then we came home.  It's cold, dreary and ikkk here too.  So, at some point I might get into Crabby Quarters and do something productive.  Or I might have a nap.  Hmmm... decisions, decisions.

Well I did neither of those things.  I sat and scrolled the 'net, watched TV with Stew and just lazed the rest of the afternoon away.

Now... time to sign off for the day.  It's been a nice day, even though we didn't end up fishing.  It will happen another day.