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Got there about 7am. A south african lad spoke to us, his first ever time flyfishing. Me being the bloke I am, showed him what to use, and spent 20 mins trying to teach him to cast, a genuinely nice lad.
Anyway, he just got on with it, and enjoyed himself. I said, If you get a fish, let it run f it wants to, dont try and stop it, just take your time. he said, I wont worry about that, its my first time, i just want to learn a bit.
you guessed it. he hooked a fish, about 2 pm. and tried to stop it. It snapped his line. The lad near him who went over with the net, estaimated it....at over 15 lb. his FIRST ever trout on a fly. He was almost in shock, gutted, but he said the adrenalin rush was great. He is well and truly hooked.
Now then, I Blanked. I tried seamless stainless steel rings on my droppers. DONT. they are nothing but knot magnets.
To top it all, my orvis western snapped.
Went out last night and got bladdered.
Anyway, he just got on with it, and enjoyed himself. I said, If you get a fish, let it run f it wants to, dont try and stop it, just take your time. he said, I wont worry about that, its my first time, i just want to learn a bit.
you guessed it. he hooked a fish, about 2 pm. and tried to stop it. It snapped his line. The lad near him who went over with the net, estaimated it....at over 15 lb. his FIRST ever trout on a fly. He was almost in shock, gutted, but he said the adrenalin rush was great. He is well and truly hooked.
Now then, I Blanked. I tried seamless stainless steel rings on my droppers. DONT. they are nothing but knot magnets.
To top it all, my orvis western snapped.
Went out last night and got bladdered.
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