getting back into things

Over the last 6 months I have done very little fishing due to the surgery on my arm but the few times I managed to get near water with a rod I did ok, with several family outings resulting in me and the kids landing some fish. Last week however on Melbourne cup day I decided it was time to have a good crack at getting a few. I headed to Metcalf cascades and hiked about 2.5km upstream casting at the likely spots in each pool using a lightly weighted squidgy. I caught a small redfin early and a 60cm carp on the squidgy about 1.5km in to my walk, the first carp I have caught on a lure and on 6lb line no less, I estimated to weigh around 2.5kg. I lost the squidgy to a snag shortly after and retied a hardbody lure in bright colours and near the end of my walk found a small rocky pool where I caught a 45cm redfin, the biggest I've ever landed. The fish was followed closely by a similar sized fish when I first got a look at it, but further casts into the area did not produce a result. On the return journey I tried all the obvious spots again with the hardbody this time but only hooked one more small redfin. I stopped for a break near a small cut off water hole at a bend and drowned a few worms which were promptly devoured by an unseen foe which eluded capture before continuing my way back to the car. about 5 hours out fishing and walking and 5km travelled along the river.