I dropped in to pay an old friend a visit… the one that refuses everything you throw at him because he knows you’re there. I was determined to catch him, however, so I dropped by and sure enough, he was right where I left him.
There is an electric fence running along the bank to keep stock out of the water, and it’s right at nuts-high. I’d need to crawl underneath in order for this fish not to see me. Up until now I’d just stepped back and forth across it, and apparently gotten way too complacent being near it. I dropped down and was halfway underneath when out of nowhere Mr T ran up and hit me between the shoulder blades with a friggin baseball bat… It threw me the rest of the way to the ground, right on top of my new 5wt. I remember thinking that the rod had surely been broken at the same as I was trying to crawl away from that friggin wire, only my body didn’t respond for a few seconds. I ended up not breaking the rod, but my upper body hurt for more than an hour. I’ve gotten zapped by electric fences numerous times when I was a kid either from a dare or just being stupid, and they really never hurt too badly. I don’t know what kind of setup these Kiwis use, but don’t eff around with their ‘lectric.
Undaunted, I spent quite a long time crawling about 50’ to where I thought I could make a cast to this fish, and watched him for a while. Somewhere along the way I must have gone through some old cowcrap, based on the smell. The fish wasn’t feeding, but I saw him take interest in something on the surface. On the second cast he took a bwo, hauled across the creek, put up a great aerial, then broke off. It was another good one. Oh well, more were feeding in the same pool. In fact, there were fish making more commotion than a big redfish crashing a crease fly… I have no idea what they were
Dude I hate you with each post… Nice pix and great post… I win an all expense paid trip to Iraq… You go to NZ… What Fish God did I piss off… HAHAHAHA FISH ON BROTHER!!!
Awesome story. I’ve been trying to catch some fish like that all summer that are always in one spot but never eat. Big trout are like pretty girls you date. You ask them out 100 times, they finally say yes then they play with you for a little while, then they break it off, break your heart and even take your stuff.
Today all the highcountry waters open… and it’s not raining, yet… and the flight I was at work to support is down with maintenance issues… so I have the rest of the day off… new water, here I come.
Pillage and plunder with a 9wt and a fist full of clousers.
Nice pix and great post… I win an all expense paid trip to Iraq… You go to NZ… What Fish God did I piss off… 
So yer saying theres still a chance for me