It is the best time of year, IMHO. The weather is great not too hot yet not too cold.
Mullet have gathered in estuary in great numbers and are full of roe. They are ready for the Great Mullet Run and so are bigger fish.
I have my old beech rods with Alveys ready too. Hope weather stays dry and westerlies will start to blow.

Yes, I haven't been fishing in years either, and I love fishing, and put it right up there with my favourite past times, just after, romance, family, surfing, climbing, skiing, music, gambling, eating, reading, sleeping, drinking, sailing, writing, drawing, cooking, woodwork, cycling, horseback riding, go-karting, trail riding, swimming, bushwalking, watching AFL, shark wrestling, bear baiting, and shooting stuff.
Yep, there is nothing like waiting there with a line and hooking a fish, reeling it in, and smashing it senseless and then getting fish guts all over my hands, that is what I call fun.
The thrill of the chase, the battle of wits, man against fish, now there is a challenge worth pursuing.
If I ever try it sober, I may even catch something worth eating.

I remember when my daughter was little, she asked why they call it "Good" friday, and I explained that people who believe that jesus is god, celebrate that day as the day he was killed.

KILLED, she said, Why would they want to celebrate him being killed?

I explained that they believed that three days later he came back to life, from being dead, went and saw all his old pals, for a few weeks, then just floated up into the sky, and went to heaven without dying again.

"They must be cuckoo in the head" she said, I couldn't help but laugh, and agreed that it never made sense to me, but also to remember all the really nice people she knows who do believe it, and the thing that is important is not what they believe, but if they are nice or not, and if they are nice, it would not be kind to hurt their feelings by making fun of what they believe.

I know she is kind by nature, but ultimately the responsibility lies with the believers, if they do not want to have their beliefs ridiculed, they should try and have less ridiculous beliefs, and sooner or later she will let them know that she thinks it is cuckoo.

For her, like me Easter has always had a deep spiritual relationship to the consumption of chocolate.

Yeah it's funny how kind and honest kids can be without having any concept of God or religion.

I think I'll have my easter in a couple of weeks when the eggs are going cheap. Until then, big fat juicy steaks will do.

Intruiging how a child can see the inanity of the arcane symbolism which is as anacronistic as observing a fertility celebration in the southern hemisphere... Now if we were celebrating an Autumnal event (like a down under Oktoberfest) say, 'Harvest Week'... different story.

Easter is a time to consider sins, punishment, redemption and balance.

It seems whenever a sin is committed, an offence is made there is a price to pay.
Maybe the price is a fine, maybe just that "bad" feeling.
There is a price paid, in punishment. To right the wrong.
Then I am redeemed and in balance again.

Amadd wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 10:24am:


There are no snow mushrooms and old dear pagans did not have indoor laboratories back then.
BTW, hippies and neopagans do celebrate equinox on 22 of April every year. However equinox as its name suggests is about equality of Day and Night hours. "The sun and the dawn of new life" is more appropriate to celebrate on the First Day after winter solstice when sunlight hours start to increase.