Tarpon on the fly. Floating about on a skiff, casting big tube flies. Whack...a 2 hour battle covering 10 miles of coastline. Brilliant.
Ah. In my dreams.
I used to dream of catching a 4lb roach out of my local water...saw a couple of dead ones and did quite a few 3's but a 4 was never to be.......(tear in my eye)
Now I dream of a freshwater eel over 50lb!!
This might just be the summer to do it.....
I just love catching roach so any big one would do me. I once lost a massive chub caught on cheese paste on the Wye when I had no scales with me, I'd love another chance at him and have the scales to weigh him rather than guess he was an eight
Strangely, I cannot remember ever actually dreaming of catching a fish.
I do have a wish list though which would include a two pound river roach, double figure barbel, big fat tench of 5lb+ and a chub bigger than Dave Slater's 7-12.
Not a fish I dream about but how about this for a dream fish......
My father in law recently (a couple of years now) got back into fishing and he fancied a spot of barbel fishing having seen all the pics in the comics.....
He got out his "how to" books read all about barbel then headed off to the river Dane.....
25 mins after his first cast.....screaming run.....10 minutes later a 10.5lb barbel on the bank......fish of a lifetime????
A 28 inch long previously uncaught Tench in immaculate condition after fantastic scrap whilst fishing alone on a beatiful warm June dawn with the birds singing and the mist just starting to lift off the water.