AND THE TROUT GODS SMILED.......

[nastygunz]

SO TODAY IT WAS SUNNY AND CLOUDY SORTA, FAIRLY CHILLY, STIFF WIND NON-STOP....AND I SAID TODAY I MAKE THE FLYROD SING....I GATHER MY GEAR AND HEAD FOR A LOCAL SMALL POND THAT IS NOT FROZEN....IT IS MY USUAL SPRING FIRST FISHING SPOT TO GET A FEW BLUEGILL AND PERCH...FLYRODDING IN EARLY SPRING IS TOUGH BUSINES MISTER !........WELL I HIT THE POND..THE DAMN WIND IS HOWLING...WHICH IS YOU FLYFISH YOU KNOW IS A MAJOR PAIN IN THE ASS TO CAST IN ETC....I SEE RIPPLES ON THE WATER EDGE...I WHIP OUT MY CAMERA...SET MY FLYROD ON THE GROUND....A PHOTO GUY MUST BE READY AT ALL TIMES....LIKE AN APACHE GHOST I EASE UP TO THE WATER WITHIN FEET OF A HUMONGOUS MUSKRAT...SNAP SOME GREAT PIX WHILE HE IS MUNCHING AWAY....AND HERE HE IS....


SO THEN IM TRYING TO CAST AND GETTING POUNDED BY THE WIND....NO BITES FINALLY CALL IT IN...IM WALKING ACROSS THE LITTLE BRIDGE WHERE THE WATER RUNS INTO THE POND...I LOK DOWN IN THE WATER AND SEE SOME BIG FISH...IM EXCITED FOR A SECOND THEN THINK OH IT MUST BE SUCKERS SPAWNING WHICH IS KIND OF COOL ALSO...THEN I LOOK AGAIN AND SEE SOME BIG ASS PERCH HANGING WITH THE SUCKERS...I COULD SEE THE BARS ON THEIR SIDES....AND HERES ONE OF THEM...


SO I UNLIMBER THE FLY ROD...FIGURING ILL CATCH ME A BIG OLE PERCH ON MY DEADLY SELF TIED FLY...THE SIMPLE SILVER...I DROP IT IN THE WATER UP AHEAD OF THE FISH....IT STARTS TUMBLING TOWARDS THEM...ONE BIG PERCH IS SHOWING SOME INTEREST....THEN WHAM!!!... A BIG BROOK TROUT ROARS OUT FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE AND CRUSHES THE FLY...I SET THE HOOK...WATER FLYING EVERYWHERE....I LAND HIM...WHAT A BEAUTY AND FIGHTER....I SNAP A FEW PICS AND THEN RETURN HIM TO THE WATER...ITS NOT TROUT SEASON YET..AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ....IF YOU KEEP YOUR FIRST FLYROD FISH OF THE SEASON YOULL BE CURSED ALL SEASON LONG BY THE TROUT GODS....DONT EFF WITH THE TROUT GODS !!...AND HERE HE IS...






ALL IN ALL A GOOD START TO THE SEASON.

[msmith]

Sounds like a hoot. Nice trout for sure!

[FinsnFur]

"LIKE AN APACHE GHOST" :roflmao: Baaaaaaaaaa hahah

So how many did ya end up with?

[nastygunz]

"LIKE AN APACHE GHOST" :roflmao: Baaaaaaaaaa hahah

GLAD I DIDNT PUT I HOOKED HIM WITH REFLEXES LIKE A JUNGLE CAT.....

So how many did ya end up with?

AFTER I LANDED HIM I TOSSED HIM BACK IN AND LOOKED IN THE POOL AGAIN AND THEY WERE ALLLLLLL GONE...SPOOKED FROM THE FIGHT I RECKON...ILL GIVE IT ANOTHER WHIRL SOME TIME..LOOKED LIKE SOME BIG PERCH IN THAR.

[FinsnFur]

So they apache ghosted ya

[Silencer]

nice catch, beautiful trout.