In case you had not noticed a lot of rain has fallen in the past week, resulting in flooding in places and putting most rivers out of action as far as fishing is concerned.
The small amount of rain that we have had this week should not have harmed the fishing prospects but it only takes a thunderstorm somewhere to wipe out local streams for a day or two.
Where I live on the Taieri Plain, we had a dry year last year, which caused rivers to be very low at times — except during the big flood in February, which mainly affected rivers to the south.
The rain at the beginning of this week raised river levels a little but they are dropping and should continue to do so. This, combined with a good weather forecast, bodes well for the holiday weekend.
Over the past week rivers have dropped and water temperatures have risen, enough to make the most pessimistic of anglers dare to hope this weekend will offer a good chance of catching a fish or two.