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Dave Mundie

Nicky's first fish on the fly
« on: 10/05/2008 at 16:54 »
Took my son out 2 weeks ago to give him a shot of fly fishing at the waters side, i took him to Lochter as i thought its nice and open so nothing for him to get hooked on.
I gave him my #5 9ft rod he handled it very well (no false casting yet) but alas didnt catch anything.

I took him back to Lochter today and he caught his first on the fly  :z16 1lb 10oz and lost another (i caught 3 and lost 2) but im well chuffed at his efforts  :z13

It was funny to see once when he thought i wasn't watching he even tried to false cast needles to say he landed in a tangle so i sorted him out and told just to lift it off the water for noe till he gets the hang of it.

And he's only 6 (well 7 on the 20th)


Jim Eddie

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #1 on: 10/05/2008 at 18:10 »
Well done Dave start them young  :cool:

 :z18

Jim

Dave Mundie

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #2 on: 10/05/2008 at 18:22 »
I used to wonder what all the fuss about rod weights was till today i was using my #7/8 i couldn't believe the extra effort i had to put in compared to the #5.

Dave

Mike Barrio

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #3 on: 11/05/2008 at 00:58 »
Well done Nicky! :z16

Great stuff Dave, keep up the good work.
Best wishes
Mike

Dave Mundie

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #4 on: 11/05/2008 at 01:47 »
 :z18 Mike, by the way what times are you closing at night now as i may pop in some evening to throw a line.

Dave

Mike Barrio

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #5 on: 11/05/2008 at 02:02 »
:z18 Mike, by the way what times are you closing at night now as i may pop in some evening to throw a line.

Dave

Hi Dave

Getting longer each day ....... folk are coming in at about 8.30 this week.

Cheers
Mike

Sandy Nelson

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #6 on: 11/05/2008 at 08:49 »
Great stuff Dave :z16

And well done to Nicky :z16
It won't be long till he's catching more than dad :wink :z16
Believe me :shock :z4

Sandy

kenny

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #7 on: 11/05/2008 at 12:27 »
Well done Nicky :z16

an well done Dave for getting the wee man into fly fishing at a young age. :z18

kenny

Iain Goolager

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #8 on: 12/05/2008 at 12:57 »
Well done Dave & Nicky,

Roll on the day when my future fishing partner is old enough to cast a fly.

Iain

Dave Mundie

Re: Nicky's first fish on the fly
« Reply #9 on: 15/05/2008 at 18:42 »
Thanks for the comments guy's, giving Nicky a 9ft #6 rod for his birthday on Tues.

Dave

 




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