Gadget man bear hugs a sewin and stinks all the way home!

Well done Chris for landing a 5lb sewin on Friday 21st September 2007, reported to be a 'bar of silver'.

Actually that is not quite true by all accounts! The story goes that Chris hooked this fish on a mepps at the Cattle Drink. The river had risen by about 300mm and was probably just starting to fall and clear a little. The fish fought hard and then proceeded to nose dive the bank and bury itself in the vegetation. It was John who saved the day! By risking life and limb he managed to immerse most of his arm and upper body under the water and into the roots to recover the prize but that wasn't quite all! John was feeling around in the roots and felt the fish's tail. He grabbed the tail but the hold didn't stay and the fish jumped up clear of the water, into his face and thereby started fight No 2! Chris handed John his rod and charged after the fish along the bank and literally dived on it in desperation, grasping it with both arms tightly against his chest. The problem was that the line was caught up in the roots and there was not enough slack to allow Chris to climb out of the water with his fish! Answer - "bite the f.....g line through John so that I can get out" cried Chris to John. Which is exactly what John did! Chris then proudly climbed up the bank with the fish clamped firmly to his chest with both hands!

There is a moral to this story though. 'Don't bear hug a sewin that closely to one's chest - it makes your coat stink right under your nose all day and you can't get away from it!

Oh well! No doubt it will be only a matter of time before Gadget Man finds some amazing gadget on the internet that eliminates fish smell from one's clothing after close encounters such as this! I bet he's surfing the net as I'm typing this report!