We all get older but not wiser.
Today when I left Haddo I went past the Ythan and as the river was clearing I decided to wet a line.
No fish I am afraid but I nailed a finger with a stoats tail double!
It was a really stupid move, it had just got grey dark and i was having the last few casts when I hooked a tree. being vertically challenged i could not reach the fly with the branch pulled down and me at full stretch. So i jumped and grabbed the branch and the fly stayed in the branch and my finger. Dilemma........ I managed to snap the branch with my other hand and drove home with the fly firmly in my finger.
I managed to get it out after about 15 minutes, never made too much of a mess and a few beers has helped to square it up.
My lesson for tonight, go home when it gets dark, de-barb hooks and leave flies above reach in the tree!
