04-09-2004, 04:31 AM
Here's a story for ya.
A friend and I were reminising yesterday about the time I took him fly fishing for the first time. We were walking along a high bank above the small stream we were fishing when I spotted a huge Brown feeding in a pool below us. Since it was his first time I let him have first crack at the fish. So I pointed out where he should go down the bank and how to approach the pool and where to cast from and what flies to use etc. He finally got into position and made his first cast right into an overhanging tree branch. I didn't want to spook the fish so I carefully climbed down the bank and tied on new flies for him since he didn't have the right ones and then went back up the hill to spot for him again. So after all of that he casts again and bingo! right back into the same branch! So again I went down and repeated the process of retying his rig. This time I made a test cast to see what the deal was and I couldn't see how he was getting into that tree in the first place. So i went back up to spot for him and he makes his cast and you guessed it ......right back into that tree. That's a total of six flies lost now and that fish hasn't seen a single one. I guess the fourth time was the charm because he finally made the perfect cast right down the fishes feeding lane and right as the fly got to the fish I saw a flash as he turned to take the fly and I yelled out to my friend to set the hook and he did and he fought it well and landed it but it wasn't the big one it was a 12 incher that I couldn't see that was sitting next to the big guy. Needless to say the big fish got spooked and we never saw him again.
I guess this isn't a very good fish story but it was memorable to me for the frustration of spending the better part of an hour and six good flies for a 12" trout!
FM
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A friend and I were reminising yesterday about the time I took him fly fishing for the first time. We were walking along a high bank above the small stream we were fishing when I spotted a huge Brown feeding in a pool below us. Since it was his first time I let him have first crack at the fish. So I pointed out where he should go down the bank and how to approach the pool and where to cast from and what flies to use etc. He finally got into position and made his first cast right into an overhanging tree branch. I didn't want to spook the fish so I carefully climbed down the bank and tied on new flies for him since he didn't have the right ones and then went back up the hill to spot for him again. So after all of that he casts again and bingo! right back into the same branch! So again I went down and repeated the process of retying his rig. This time I made a test cast to see what the deal was and I couldn't see how he was getting into that tree in the first place. So i went back up to spot for him and he makes his cast and you guessed it ......right back into that tree. That's a total of six flies lost now and that fish hasn't seen a single one. I guess the fourth time was the charm because he finally made the perfect cast right down the fishes feeding lane and right as the fly got to the fish I saw a flash as he turned to take the fly and I yelled out to my friend to set the hook and he did and he fought it well and landed it but it wasn't the big one it was a 12 incher that I couldn't see that was sitting next to the big guy. Needless to say the big fish got spooked and we never saw him again.
I guess this isn't a very good fish story but it was memorable to me for the frustration of spending the better part of an hour and six good flies for a 12" trout!
FM
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