Shack Weekend!

yay! Finally! A long week end!

We went up to Lake Leake on Friday night. We didn't get there till a quarter past 10 and Rachel was in a really bad mood cause she had to spend the whole weekend without Jordy. So she grouched and snarled and snapped at everyone and then insisted that we were all in a bad mood - not her. So frustrating!

The morleys didn't get there till midday on Saturday. Saturday was amazing! It was all sunny and warm and the water was so calm! We went swimming and kyaching and James worked out that if he rode down the hill into the water he could keep going till it was almost up to his head before he fell of. And Sam was being a woose and not getting her hair wet, and cause she's so nice I didn't dunk her. I dunked Kez and James, though . And then Ollie worked out I was gonna come for him next so he dunked himself before I could get there. :-(

I caught a little rainbow trout on Saturday morning. It was about 20 cm long and it was my only fish all weekend - except for the eels. James is too good at fishing. Its just not fair! He goes out in his boat and catches lots and lots and lots. Mostly perch, but still! He gets enough trout biting, too! He just doesn't know how to catch them cause they fight so much more than the perch.

When we first met the Morleys, they called red-fin perch and we called perch red-fin. I noticed this weekend that that's switched. We now call redfin perch, and they call perch red-fin! Wierd, hey?!

Anyway, Dad caught the best fish of the weekend. A 1.5kg trout! A brown too! I was out in the boat with him and James and Ollie had just gone in and they were all in our shack, but James was watching us cause he saw that dad was catching a fish and they all ran out onto the deck! And then dad was pulling in his fish and I was trying to net it and I was leening out over the water and Mum yelled, 'I think she's gonna fall in!' And then Kez yelled, 'No! Don't fall in!' And then James is like, 'Yes! Do fall in! That'd be halerious!' But Ididn't fall in, so it was all good.

The weather was still alright on Sunday. We did a bit of playing cards. But mostly we were still outside. Bike riding and fishing and all that. We didn't go swimming again though. It wasn't that nice!

We went eel fishing Sunday night. it was tons of fun! That lake is teeming with eels! It got to the stage where you thew your line out and you got an eel straight away - just like with flat head. Except les easy and more fun. Cause there actually seems to be a bit of skill involved in getting them in. Anyway, we sat out on the rocks infront of the Morleys shack talking and fishing and by the time Dad and I quit (the others had all been made go to bed by then) we had seven eels. four were Dad's, two were mine, and one was James's. His was the biggest, but oh well, I still caught more than him! :-)

Monday was horrid. The weather, that is. We still managed to have fun! We played cards with all seven of us and then James and i went and spent almost an hour outside in the pooring rain! We rode the fire trail - there wasn't as much mud as we were hoping for though. Then we went fishing of the shore for a bit. Then we helped Dad pull the boat up. All the while I was only wearing denim shorts and a t-shirt. By the time we went and got dry and warm, I think I could have jumped into the lake without getting any wetter. It was really raining!

Um, I think thats about it. We won't be up there again till easter, and Sam won't be there then. :-( She's going to South Africa. Not fair! but oh well. I hope the fish are still biting then cause Dad says he'll teach me to fly fish! Which looks like so much more fun than spinning - and even better - James doesn't know how! So i'll be better at fishing than him! He'll probably still catch more tough. Stupid lucky fisherman.