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The Up's and Down's of this fishing lark.

Neil Smart

Neil Smart

Senior Member
Well I suppose It has not been a bad few weeks since June 16th catching wise, I have had a few doubles and Antony has had five, and all his fish this season have come off the Lower Severn. Trying to balance a busy work schedule with fishing is not easy, and especially with a Barbel mad son that is my inspiration to go when perhaps I just wouldn't bother.
So I suppose something has to give, and despite our reasonable success, we have been plagued with a certain amount of misfortune, leaving kit on the bank for one, me a Fox seat, landing net, bank sticks, and Anthony a handle, and varoius other bits.
However Sunday evening was the best /worst so far when Anthony who I was sharing a peg with snagged his lead on a low lying willow branch, and bent into the rod to free it....and you guessed it the 2.5 oz lead shot from the branch and smacked him square on the forehead:eek:, and to make matters worse his hook was firmly attached to my net:D.
So blood everywhere and on inspecting his wound I thought that we could at least stem the bleeding until the session had finished, but no the selfish booger insisted on going to hospital , so I had to pack up two lots of gear, and off we went to Tewkesbury Hospital which had just 'closed' the A&E thus we had to endure a three hour wait and Cheltenham A&E. (The E stands for Emergency btw:rolleyes: )
The good news is I unpicked the hook from my net and the patient is all glued up and can't shower for three days:D
Seriously, he was lucky, it could have been far worse, take care next time it happens to you.
So anyone else with any mishaps?
 
Snagged leads can be very dangerous. My father was fishing a beach in Pembrokeshire many years ago and his friends lead snagged close in. A lot of pressure was exerted to free it and it hit the angler in the head, knocking him out like a light.
 
A friend of mine was hit by a flying lead while carp fishing. He snagged his 4oz lead about 30yards out, still haven't got a sensible answer as to why he was using such a large lead close in, and pulled to break. The lead flew back and hit him very close to his temple and knocked him out, on visiting his doctor when he finally got home he was informed that another half inch to the side would have probably killed him.
If I have to pull for a break I always keep the line as near to the water as possible and generally wrap the line around a bank stick or sturdy piece of wood. Glad to hear your son is okay and recovering and hopefully it won't curb his enthusiasm.
 
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