Black bass
A typical bass from the reservoir
Yesterday evening my fly rod and reel disappeared beneath the waves and into the depths of a reservoir just outside of Malaga. This may not be headline news to anybody else but for me at least this was a disaster on a par with the sinking of the Titanic or the loss of the German High Seas fleet following the scuttling at Scapa Flow.
I had been black bass fishing with a little popper and had taken a few smallish fish when a much larger fish took the fly. I briefly thought I was connected to a really good bass but had, in fact, hooked a gipsy barbel by accident on the gill cover. When the fish was landed and unhooked I left the rod down to take a picture of the fish before releasing it once again. My smirk of self satisfaction was quickly wiped off my face when I saw no sign of the rod and reel in the float tube.
What I didn´t realise was that it was slowly making its way into the azure depths.
Damn!
It´s all your fault!
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