Christmas Day Fly Fishing Photos

We got a break in the weather for a day here, as we doggy sit for our friends who are away for Christmas. The last front rolled out and while the rivers are out of commission still, the wind finally ebbed slightly, down to 70 - 80kmh in the high country where we fished. We decided to fish an alpine tarn lake, sight fishing to cruising browns in the 4.5 to 7 pound range. Last year we fished this lake after a big dump of snow. The past year, while planning for NZ, I made a point to tie medium sized, red and brown damsel nymphs for the good hatch at the lake. Good thing too. First fish sighted took the damsel just below the sedge pattern I had on. I missed it as the dry never moved, but the fish came up, shook its head and swung about to shake the fly. Somehow I missed the connection to set the hook. Ah well, it wasn't the only trout of the day. A good number of fish were caught and the day was wonderful, albeit windy as hell at times. We also took the time to climb high on an adjacent mountain.The views from the top were wonderful, the panning video scenes awesome. An excellent Christmas day. :)