Well I've had some great days fishing and some good days fishing (no bad ones, no such thing) but today was my luckiest
I was feeling shite last night , still jet lagged and I'd picked up a cold , nae doubt from the air con on the plane. So was not sure if I would get out today , got up had breakfast and felt I bit better so headed out to Waulkmill. Fished the windward bank and had a couple of nice trout before lunch.
After my coffee I tried the lee bank , there had been nothing much doing since lunch so I put the rod down to have a look in my flee box to see what to try next , I looked up to see my Sage XP , my Grey's GTX disappearing into the depths
The water was crystal clear I could see the reel about 10 ft out so started to strip off to wade in and get it, just then the fish took off again and the reel dissapeared out of site
The guy fishing up the bank from me walked down to see what the carry on and expletives were all about , just then like Excaliber the tip of my rod appeared , they guy was about to cast out and try to hook it when the fish took off again
I was gutted.
Back to the car and got my Outcast rod and cast out in the same spot to see if I could hook the line , second cast (no it was not that easy) fish on , the guy down the bank said dont land it , let it run a bit it might tangle in your line , nae such luck.
Back to the car again ,to put on a lead core line , oops the reel that spool fitted was at the bottom of the loch
I was soo angry with my self for making a school boy error and watching £700 worth of kit disappearing. I kept plodding away casting out letting the fly sink and inching it back along the bottom , a few times my heart rose , no it was weeds , then an old plasic bag. I decided to move up the bank a bit and cast out again , I felt something , weed again ? no the line came to the surface having hooked my lost line , my heart was in my mouth until I got a hold of the line , rod retrieved fish landed and released
Lesson learned for me.
Jim
