‘Now, that’s a fish, John,’ Gendall whispered, and pointed midstream.
It took John a moment to pick out the trout and then his jaw dropped. ‘Bloody hell, it must be 5, 6 pounds?’
‘Eight, I’d say; he’s a good 5 feet down, don’t forget.’
Despite the size of the fish and the water depth, John reckoned he might come to the dry, so he tried first a Royal wolf and then a blue blow fly. Not a flicker of interest to the wolf, but the trout did come and look at the blow fly. John’s heart missed a couple of beats as it rose through the water, but then it turned a
‘Ah,’ muttered Carlos.
‘Bastard!’ shouted Mike, staring disbelievingly at his utterly wrecked pride and joy.
‘That won’t work now, man,’ Carlos said helpfully.
‘Yeah, I’d rather gathered that, thanks, Carlos. Bloody animal!’
‘You got the spinner with you. Spinner’s great for jack, too.’
Mike put the fly rod back in the boat, wondering whether crab nipping constituted entitlement to a new tip under the lifetime guarantee deal. Feeling distinctly miffed, he grabbed the spinning rod and followed Carlos sullenly in search of jacks, convinced that the
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