Fishin' since been fishin' since been fishin'....

Yesterday, my boyfriend took me fishing in order to "break in" my new waders! We went in early evening and I must say, I guess I've never fully seen a hatch in full swing, but the flies were flying and the fish were jumpin'!

We got our waders on and wandered out into the river (well, he walked, I almost fell - several times!). We finally got to a good spot and he got the rods ready with just the right fly. As I'm watching him, something hit my head - yes, folks, bird poo. Right on my head! And of course, no hat! So after we got that cleaned off (somewhat), he took me out into the middle of the river and started to give me a refresher on casting (its been a while, and honestly, I wasn't that great the couple times I tried last year!).

After a little while, I caught my first fish! A brown trout!! It didn't take long (once I was able to get the fly into the water), so then it was his turn... And his turn lasted.

And lasted.

And lasted.

It seemed like forever and he didn't catch a fish (he did hook a bunch - but lost them). Finally, he passed the rod back to me - he wanted me to fish some more. I hadn't cast more than 2 or 3 times and I caught another brown trout!! That's 2 baby!!

When he finally caught on that my flies (which were supposed to be dry flies and sit ON the water) were actually sinking and I was catching as I started to strip the line in, he realized it was a job for...da da da...THE EMERGER. Yes, that's a fly!

So when it was his turn, he finally caught a trout - but after another long while! Oh well...MY TURN!

Wouldn't you know it? Cast...cast...cast....HOOK! I caught another! I was loving it!

He finally got frustrated enough and said I obviously didn't need anymore help, so he got his rod off the river bank and I fished myself with him next to me... And guess what...!

ANOTHER FISH!!

Yes folks - the final score was me - 4 fish, my boyfriend....ONE.

You know I was loving it!! And all-in-all, I'll say it definitely was a great way to spend an evening...bird poo and all!

(P.S. photos to come of my catches....!)