First ever fly fish.... accidentally caught a fish

[The Bream Reaper 103]

FINALLY got my 3wt fly set up together this week so I couldnt wait to get out and use it. Had a spare hour or two after work this arvo so I thought that rather than go and practice trying to cast the thing (the sensible thing given I have NEVER fly fished before)I would hit my local creek and try to see how many trees I could catch.I started off with a couple of different dry flies and managed to catch several trees, some bull-rushes, a rock, some dry grass and myself (mixed bag for sure). After being so succesfull with the dry I switched to the good-ole Woolly Bugger to see how many submerged logs, boulders and snags I could add to my tally.... just after releasing my PB waterlogged tree root I accidentally snagged a Redfin..... poor little bugger. Thankfully I managed to then hook a branch vertically above me that fought too well and damaged my furled leader, so I decided to trudge home before I injured any more innocent fish.Didnt manage to spot any of the bloody trout I usually see though.

[Guest Brent61]

well done, the first of many more to comebrent

[fishnuts 55]

I love the way reddies follow you with their eyes when you land them, very cool little fish. Well done Nick.Cheers Dazz

[The Bream Reaper 103]

I love the way reddies follow you with their eyes when you land them' date=' very cool little fish. Well done Nick.Cheers Dazz[/quote']Cheers Dazz, would have been nice to have christened the setup with a brownie but I think my poo casting and un-natural presentation meant that wasn't happening today :woohoo: As you can see, I didn't stretch to a txl-f as the tax man didn't like me quite that much ha ha, plus I thought I would destroy something cheap first and then buy something nicer when I have learnt a bit more about immovable objects and flimsy bits of carbon fibre :evil:

[southie THE BANGA 2,304]

nice work mate.... might have to crack mine out soon

[jimbojames 285]

That was one of the funniest reports iv'e read for a while . What a crack up , great mixed bag . At least you got a fish as well . Well done fella , at least your having a crack at the fly .

[TT 2]

Thats killer dude!Awesome work. Fish on the Fly is something I have always wanted to learn.Great shots aswell especially the second one!Love your work. Any Youtube Footage this time or?? TT

[The Bream Reaper 103]

Any Youtube Footage this time or?? TT

If there was then would ever be allowed to see it.... I had to keep looking around to make sure nobody was watching me thrash around. Forget the 'roll cast' I was 'seizure-casting'. Fair bit more practice needed methinks ha ha ha ha

[MarsOne 137]

Well done Bream ReaperWait til spring, a caddis/adams parachute on a size 16 or so :woohoo:

[The Bream Reaper 103]

Well done Bream ReaperWait til spring' date=' a caddis/adams parachute on a size 16 or so :woohoo:[/quote']Well stocked up already mate, can't wait! I have been spotting the brownies and a few rainbows a bit more regularly lately so can't wait for some surface action. It was really frustrating last year watching the trout smashing bugs off the top whilst ignoring my hb/sp's.