beginners luck (part 1)

pingu · #1 03-31-2008, 07:28 AM

as said in other thread had a mate , mark, down for the weekend whos a dedicated( and very good) fly fisherman

arriving late friday afternoon the plan was beer fri fish all day saturday

well a quick look at weather report and decided lets chance fri night as saturday did not look good at all

so with apologies for not calling baggie here( sorry mate

) we raced of to hopefully find shelter at ladram bay

set up left of the rock stack with mark fishing into the eddie that forms behind it

impressed that mark had even made his own 2 hook flapper rig

well i cast out way left( snagged and lost gear) then retackled and again lost another set

mark however was getting plenty of action on his rod but not connecting, so guessing was all the small stuff, got him to hold rod, and after a short while he had a pout on the shore, followed by another then rockling and then this

the cutest baby bull huss ever ( and what I was after for points)

we fished on till 11.30 as bites stopped as ever when tide turned and managed a pint at the kingss arms on way home( I love midnight closeing)
a great night and mark has caught bug i think

Have to admit we bottled saturday night and just sent out SOS for an ark as weather so so foul ( even taxi'd it to pub

), so it was a good shout getting out fri
( sea was still v v difficult when went to jacobs to use up ( and blank again) at jacobs last night)

dave