will church Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Launched from Wick on Sunday morning, loaded with all sorts of peculiar freshwater kit in case we were going to have a go at the mullet. Bumped into Paul J on the way out of the harbour. He very kindly gave us a few live sandeels and pointed us over to the sand bank nearby (thanks Paul). On motoring over, I spotted a bass break and thought we ought to have a crack at catching them. Caught one on a sandeel, then a bit short of spinning kit (Tom, my crew was using it) I though well I'll jump on the bow and have a fly cast as I happened to think about bringing a rod. Well it was killer! Tom got nothing on the mepps, I got a follow every cast and caught half a dozen. They were all small, except the one I lost which would have looked handsome on the barbie, but I proved a point to myself - it is possible! Following this we noticed engine problems, so we hung around, got a few mackie (and a gar) off the ledge (including some on our match fishing float rod), which is a shame as Neo was kind enough to offer a shepherding service again. Just need to know where else the bass tend to break and I think it'll be my new favourite type of fishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Great result on the fly, Will. Must've been fun. BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will church Posted August 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 was fantastic fun, can't wait to get out again for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Will, Glad you had fun - will have to have a go myself as sounds superb sport. I hope the engine is OK ( They do have an exhaust outlet half way up the leg but not pointing towards the transom ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will church Posted August 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Perhaps we should try a fly-only trip out together then Paul? Either on Neo or Ultimate Chaos (there's a good bow for standing on and casting on UC, though you could probably cast out of the window on Neo). Maybe the exhaust was just blowing back in towards the boat with the wind and I'm not used to it? Do they emit exhaust above the water level then? If so I'm probably ok. The guy that sold me it has been up and checked the pressure from all the cylinders - apparantly they are all ok, so perhaps I was being paranoid? It's only my 3rd trip with the Honda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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