01-11-2012, 10:32 PM
Most recent. I was fishing the pond with Pa. He was on the other side of the bay. I cast out away from this black thing floating in the pond. I was no where near ....whatever it was. All of a sudden while stripping the fly in, I feel a tug. I set the hook and continue to strip the fly in. Only I now notice this black thing is moving. Every time I pulled on my line this black thing moved. Getting it close to shore as soon as I paused, it tried to go back out. Turned out, a bird was all wrapped up in fishing line that was still connected to a fish. The bird was dead and all I could see before leader broke was a large shadow, catfish or carp, but maybe 24"+.
Well, now the embarrassing part, I headed back to tell pa, watching the pond and the bird when the ground flat out disappeared! I found the only hole on that shore line I swear to G. I went all the way down on my side, and quickly jumped back up with a What The Heck just happened look. I quickly zeroed in on Pa who was looking the other direction, so I figure..."It never happened, I'm cool"....[laugh][laugh][laugh]
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Well, now the embarrassing part, I headed back to tell pa, watching the pond and the bird when the ground flat out disappeared! I found the only hole on that shore line I swear to G. I went all the way down on my side, and quickly jumped back up with a What The Heck just happened look. I quickly zeroed in on Pa who was looking the other direction, so I figure..."It never happened, I'm cool"....[laugh][laugh][laugh]
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