Well, I went fishing last night. It's the first time I constructed the rod and wound up the reel. The rod is in 4 parts in a tube tied to the bike. The reel is the reel with the handle unwound. I undid one of my 2 lures and put it all together.

Remember the spiders that glow in my headlamp. Back at Burketown? Well, spiders here also shine like little LEDs. On the walk to the beach there were at least 400 spiders in the grass. That isn't an exaggeration. They were everywhere and it was awful. This headlamp shows every spider in front of me and it is the worst superpower ever. I went up to some of the shiny little dots and they were MASSIVE spiders. I tried to reproduce this shiny spider effect with my phone and torch and it seems to only work with my headlamp.

Anyway I went to the water and realised I was pretty much croc bait. It was so nice there but I was painfully aware that I may be eaten at any moment. Seriously. It was better than the horror spider show.

I cast out for my first time in maybe 30 years and got snagged straight away. I tried to break the line and got it loose. I reeled in so hard that the lure hit me in the face. I cast twice more and realised fishing is shit. Instead I sat and admired the view.

Yep, that is the view. 

 I wandered back through the spiders.

This morning I attempted more fishing. It still sucked and this time I really lost the lure. I'd expected this (part of the reason for the high tide fishing) and this afternoon I went down at low tide to find my lost lure.

I wanted it back as it is one of two that I have and I don't want to pay more money for a hobby that I feel is pretty much pokemon go for men that want to avoid their wives. I don't have a wife and am not that interested in collecting pokemon or fish species. I'm only in it for the food.

I searched for ages amongst the rocks right where I lost it and realised many many things in the sea look like a lure. I think I am the only creature to have ever chased that lure. But I didn't find it. I did find a lure shaped rock which is now my lucky lure/rock.

God I hate fishing.

Tonight I went to the club and more people convinced me that this is the place to work in the future. Not one mentioned fishing as a positive.

I'm getting back on the bike tomorrow and heading off. I went for a little ride today and it felt great.

That's all really.

Tl;Dr fishing sucks and I see spiders everywhere.