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Got out before
7am. Short drive down to the lake.
Walked a few kms around to a spot
that I chose because it seemed relatively debris-free but still near a entrance
of a culvert to the lake. I lost a newly
purchased yellow spoon on my first cast so I switched to soft baits. Gave up after 30 min. Plenty of "rises" in lake but
possibly gas Walked back to culvert and saw a fish in the deep pool that the
culvert discharged into. Flicked my soft
bait into pool but too far and over a log.
Lost soft bait on retrieve (hook snapped). Fitted a Woolly Bugger into
pool. Taken by fish bolting out from under
cover. Surprised me and it think may have been foul hooked, perhaps I struck too
soon. Lost it anyway. Put fly back in and a fish examined it. Didn't have enough room to give the fly life;
it was on a threadline. Retrieved it and weighted with split shot. Caught on debris and lost it. Left the lake.
Must convert more
strikes and hook ups to landings. Would
probably help if I took the hook setting as part of my craft and approached it
calmly and with respect to the prevailing circumstances. Good to get a strike and
a follow though. Well pleased with how
things are going really.
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