One of the nastiest, stomach knotting feelings is when you lose a fly... IN A FISH! (We all do it occasionally don't we?) The discomfort comes from a pricked conscience. Each of us knows without doubt that we have just done harm, the very last thing any true angler wants.
The obverse of this coin is when you catch a fish and on removing your fly you find there is another, which you remove and joyfully release the fish knowing it is going back better off than it was prior to your success just now. The feeling is one of relief on those occasions when you look closely at the fly to see - Lo and Behold! It is your fly that you lost in that fish on a previous occasion.
Here's what was found tonight in a rather large brown trout. The one with no tippet attached and algae on the wings and tail is one your faithful blogger lost last week - with much chagrin! Emotions were at the other end of the See-Saw this evening when, after releasing the now unencumbered fish, it was possible to examine and confirm that this was indeed the very same lost fly. The guilt pangs are now well and truly reversed...Deo Gratias
Regular Rod
Congrats on the good deed done Rod. I've found lures, hooks and worms attached to previously caught (is that pre-leased?) fish. No, no most of my flies are hanging from trees.
ReplyDeleteindeed! I have yet to find another fly in a fish, then again i'm sure it is a numbers game, if I catch more fish it is bound to happen!
ReplyDeleteThis happened to my fishing partner just the other day! His dry fly caddis was right next to a foam beetle. Crazy when stuff like that happens.
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