I can't believe I did that.

pete41

pete41

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About 11pm,just starting an all niter on the upper Madison.Since I was going to be fishing one of the very few long flats on that piece of water I was using an 8foot 5wt. .I had great success there the previous week so I bought a new 7wt. shooting head and cut back the rear taper to fit the rod.This allows you to load the rod with less line.I had nail knotted some amnesia for running line.Used a very simple but deadly nite fly.Black or dark grey fur for tying leech patterns.Size 6 streamer hook.Wing 2x hook.Some lead to get it down,no body.
I lit up a white owl,worked some line out and pulled my left arm down to start a double haul.The amnesia[mono] touched the tip of the cigar.On the forward power stroke that shooting head went into orbit.That sucker went-SOMEWHERE.
Since I had broken my unbreakable rule about carrying back up reel all I could do was stand there,cuss and head back to the car for the sixty mile drive home.
 
sorry-just saw Pa.-tried to cancel-promise no more.
I still laugh at it though.
 
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