well, this morning i made the while flipping channels i stopped on " A River Runs Through It". big mistake. i was going fishing this afternoon and while i was at Canadian Tire grabbing some gear i thought "why not" and picked up on of the cheap fly fishing starter kits. i was fishing stocked trout ponds way back in the bush, so i tried flies, but my girlfriend thought i was nuts so she stuck with worms. i spooled the line, used some sort of crude knot to attach the leader and tied on some sort of cheap flie i picked up that came in a pack of 12 for $3. when i tried casting i was surprised i was actually able to get it out 15-20 feet, but in waving it back and forth i made a tangled birds nest out of the leader. so i cheated. i cut the line above the leader, and tied on a small snelled hook with a chunk of nightcrawler. lobbed it out about 10 feet and it wasn't long before i had a bite. from the way the rod bended i thought it must be huge, but it was a little 5 inch speckled trout, beautiful fish but it swallowed the hook and i inadvertantly killed it trying to get it out.
10 minutes later i caught another speck, bit bigger and the same thing happened, so i decided to call it quits. i don't like killing fish i intend to release, so i need a pair of forceps, or something a little more delicate then needle nose pliers. i loved the feel of fighting fish on light tackle, i think i'm hooked! :grin:
