I have seen a few but one instance always springs to mind for me...
A good few years ago I bumped into a Dutch Carp angler on a remote bit of river. Anyway we hit it off and he decided to fish the night together in his swim. It was getting dusk and we started to get the rods out. He told me about a good spot for one of the rods on a sand bank on the far side of the river. Only thing was it was a very tricky cast right across to the far bank and into a gap under some trees. I did it the only way I knew how …I clipped up and cast out short, the unclipped took off a bit more line and clipped up again and sort of inched my way towards the spot.
Anyway my Dutch acquaintance was becoming increasingly agitated at my frequent casting. “Bite time” he said to me …”your killing the swim with all that casting”.
“What am I supposed to do?” I said .
He got up took my rod, wound the lead right up to the tip and then whacked it out …the lead landed absolutely spot on first cast. Literally on the proverbial dinner plate. It was amazing. There was no faking it and he did it with tackle he had never even touched before let alone practiced with. It really was an amazing bit of skill.
What has been the most skillful or impressive thing you have seen in angling?
A good few years ago I bumped into a Dutch Carp angler on a remote bit of river. Anyway we hit it off and he decided to fish the night together in his swim. It was getting dusk and we started to get the rods out. He told me about a good spot for one of the rods on a sand bank on the far side of the river. Only thing was it was a very tricky cast right across to the far bank and into a gap under some trees. I did it the only way I knew how …I clipped up and cast out short, the unclipped took off a bit more line and clipped up again and sort of inched my way towards the spot.
Anyway my Dutch acquaintance was becoming increasingly agitated at my frequent casting. “Bite time” he said to me …”your killing the swim with all that casting”.
“What am I supposed to do?” I said .
He got up took my rod, wound the lead right up to the tip and then whacked it out …the lead landed absolutely spot on first cast. Literally on the proverbial dinner plate. It was amazing. There was no faking it and he did it with tackle he had never even touched before let alone practiced with. It really was an amazing bit of skill.
What has been the most skillful or impressive thing you have seen in angling?