Last Tuesday the Year 8 Outdoor Education
class travelled to Riverside Gardens to trial their fishing skills. We left
after HTG and headed down to the river with our hopes of catching some Bream
set high.
Each individual first had to assemble their rods and set up their rigs
with knots they had been practicing at school. They then had their lines tested
by Mr Buckley and Mrs de Courcier, before they could even go near the bait.
Many did not pass the test and this saw these students heading back to their
tackle boxes to try their luck for the second, third and some for a fourth
time.
Students whose rigs passed were then sent to
practice their casting and were able to get signed off on their casting ability,
which allowed them to progress to the bait. Our river prawns served as tasty
treats as many students found out when their lines came back empty, or as some
realised they had not fastened their bait on very well and it ended up being
catapulted ahead of their hook into the Swan.
It
was great fun for those who could avoid a tangle, each other’s lines or a snare
from below, with two students lucky enough to hook a fish. Unfortunately they
were both undersized and were released back into the river to fight another
day.
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