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We were all here to hook into some trout that were moving up from Mary Lake to the river lock system. One could easily hook into a smorgasbord of lake trout or speckled trout.<\/p>\n
Somebody was in my regular spot so I was forced to fish on a less than ideal section of the river. I did not have hip-waders, so this meant I had to fly fish from a portion of the bank that was hedged with small trees. It was possible, but it would prove next to impossible for this rookie fly launcher.<\/p>\n
I started to get into my \u2018groove\u2019 of getting my fly out into the water when a slight tug behind me hooked my attention. My fly, and attached fishing line, could be seen (by myself and the surrounding anglers) dangling several feet in the air. I could hear the quiet, facial mocking from the crowd.<\/p>\n
Embarrassed, I untangled my line and began my line \u2018motions\u2019 again. Things moved well for about 10 minutes. As, I became more confident in my casting the line reciprocated by moving farther and farther out.<\/p>\n
This was when I assumed the other spin casting anglers appeared to be very interested in what I was accomplishing.<\/p>\n
However, pride comes before the fall.<\/p>\n
As I had just said, after 10 minutes I thought I should change my fly because my technique had not triggered any strikes.<\/p>\n
When I had retrieve all of my line where I could reach for my tippet, I noticed that there was no fly attached. I looked casually behind me and noticed it lodged into the branch it had encountered earlier.<\/p>\n
Defeated, I packed up my things and hoped that nobody noticed what had just happened. I laughed the whole way back to my vehicle.<\/p>\n
I have vowed to return with my spin casting reel in hand to remove the fly caught, in that old birch tree, and post a hand made sign that says, \u201cNo Fly Zone.\u201d Just in case another rookie makes the same mistake I did.<\/p>\n
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