Fly Fishing @ The Jelutung

Fly Fishing @ The Jelutung

Finally, we, Fly Fishermen of Singapore, have a place we can call home. The Jelutung Community Centre. Q’s tremendous amount of work and lobbying had bear fruit and the dreams of the Fly Fishing community has come true today. Thanks Q. He had managed to convince Dr Lim Wee Kiat to help us form the Fly Fishing Club under the Community Centre. Dr Lim had being so gracious and had taken us under his umbrella. Big thank you to Dr. Lim.

The ball is in our court now. It will be up to us and the members to make sure that the Club is run properly and have programs in place to attract and recruit new members and keep the older members rooted in the Club. Q’s brain had already been working ahead of us all and he had quite a few programs in place. Only waiting for the right time to put into action. Some of the other guys who had work quietly behind the scene are Uncle Wong, Kuan, Albert, Henry, Jeremy and Gilbert. Thanks guys. I got MC lah.

Dr. Lim chatting with some of the members of Fly Fishing Club.

River At Full Force

Ferocious Peacock Basses

Its been quite a while since I’d joined Uncle Wong, CY and Adi for a morning session at the River. CY was going to test his new rod from Argentina at the River. Some construction was going on and the entrance to the River was fenced up. We managed detour by the side of the construction area and reached the River.

The River was flowing at it strongest and the Peacock Basses were fast and ferocious. “It also want to gasak my fingers”, Adi said. We lost count on how many we caught. I was snapping away with my Canon camera every few seconds.

The 6 weight Marcello was a joy to cast. Shooting the Scientic Angler sinking flyline like rocket. No double haul needed and it land the fly line straight as an arrow. The art work is simply beautiful as all Marcello's rod are. It is little wonder that CY couldn't wait to test it out even though the varnish on the handle is still a wee bit tacky. Uncle Wong was enjoying the RL Winston with every Peacock Bass he caught. Adi, as usual, pose for a few photos for me to put on my blog. Thanks Adi.

Breakfast at Ah Hoe’s and Mee-kia dry on Uncle Wong.


Peacock Bass bending the RL Winston Boo.