Now then.....
So, continuing the tale, I did the honourable thing and reeled in.
Partly as Lee was walking the fish back up right through where I wanted to fish but mostly as I guessed it was a
good fish by the way Lees rod was bent.
So I lit a cigarette and waited with Lee. Two ciggies later (so twenty minutes or so) and the battle was still going:
And ten minutes after that it was
still going:
Anyway... to cut a long story short eventually I managed to get in the water and tail it out.
Here is Lee with his prize, fresh off the tide and smothered in long tailed sea lice.
I put a weight on it of around 23-25lbs. I couldn't have been happier for him, a belting fish which took a buggeringly long time to come in. Successful fly
A Park Shrimp I'd given Lee last year. Git
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