What did you do at work today?
The last few days of good weather has been a special treat and it has meant all of us at Scott Fly Fishing School HQ have been able to get outside for a quick dose of vitamin D. It might be a case of someone completing a job and wandering over to the rod rack, grabbing a rod, reel and line and going out front and having a cast. Yesterday there was Bob, Mark, Jaqui and myself at work. It was actually a pretty busy day but Bob grabbed a rod and headed outside to throw a couple of loops. Jaqui and I were doing something in the office and Mark was sorting out a wader delivery. As Bob grabbed the rod I counted down the seconds before someone joined him and I am pleased to report it only took Mark 9 seconds to step out with him. Needless to say it wasn’t long before we were all out there having a throw.
We often just play around with some casts and sometimes pop a plate or dog bowl down to aim at but it usually ends up that we try and curve a cast around the target rather than trying to hit it which is a bit more fun. We do have a new game though which involves us trying to cast as much fly line onto the roof of our building as possible which although childish ( I hold my hands up!) is hugely amusing. We have managed to get a whole line up there but the trajectory means that the back cast is thrown down onto the ground and then launched up at an equally acute angle. We have called this the “concrete haul” where I have a theory that the slightly rippled effect of the car park act as an anchor point for the back cast….well thats my excuse!
Anyway, the purpose for this is to let you know that looking after your fly fishing tackle is really important and one of the often neglected pieces of equipment is the fly line. We often cast in the car park here and I am sure you can imagine the amount of muck that the line picks up and also the effect this has on the rod rings. By buying a line cleaning outfit and regular cleaning, your fly line will give you a much longer service and will remain nice and slick which will give you a few more feet on your cast than if you just leave it sitting in the bag.
Tim popped in this morning and had a good day on the Tamar yesterday. The water is high but clear and he managed a few on bugs. I have tomorrow off as I am on a chalkstream chasing grayling. Mark and Jaqui are off doing a magazine article and Bob is putting the finishing touches to the catalogue. There are lots of exciting pieces of news to tell you which I will hopefully be able to do next week.
Pete
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