04-28-2010, 12:42 AM
Well, I am 7 weeks post shoulder surgery and thought it would be another month before fishing. But last Friday I was cleaning up a bit and had my rod and realized if I kept my elbow against my body, I could kind of fish. Especially on a smaller river. So I said what the heck.
Hit the Weber yesterday evening. Only fished for a few hours. Caught a bunch of whities and a few browns. Water levels were a little low but clarity was pretty good. My biggest problem was setting the hook becausee I couldnt lift my arm very high. The highlight was catching what I thought would be the biggest brown I have ever caught. Took me several minutes to get him in. I looked pretty funny the way I had to hold my arm. Turned out to be a huge freakin carp about 22 inches long and fat. That gave the shoulder a good workout. Although I wished it was a brown, still pretty fun to fight that bugger on a fly rod. Caught all fish on sow bugs and bh hares ear. Great day after not fishing for so long.
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Hit the Weber yesterday evening. Only fished for a few hours. Caught a bunch of whities and a few browns. Water levels were a little low but clarity was pretty good. My biggest problem was setting the hook becausee I couldnt lift my arm very high. The highlight was catching what I thought would be the biggest brown I have ever caught. Took me several minutes to get him in. I looked pretty funny the way I had to hold my arm. Turned out to be a huge freakin carp about 22 inches long and fat. That gave the shoulder a good workout. Although I wished it was a brown, still pretty fun to fight that bugger on a fly rod. Caught all fish on sow bugs and bh hares ear. Great day after not fishing for so long.
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