Every fisherman has a story of being hooked. It happens. It’s part of the game. Ever since I started fishing with articulated streamers, I’ve wondered what one of them would look like stuck in my skin… My question was answered a couple days ago by this text from Shane, who was floating the Yellowstone:
Yes, in case you missed it, it was stuck in his ass. Not his back, not his arm, not his “upper thigh”. His ass.
It might make me a bad friend, but the first thing I did upon reading this text and realizing where the fly was actually stuck was to burst out laughing. My next thought was “Damn, I wish I could have been there”.
Hearing the story later, the extrication of the streamer required cutting away both Shane’s shorts and boxers, then making an incision with a fillet knife to get the barb out. This procedure was made slightly less awkward due to the fact that it was performed by a lovely young lady. However, the fact that the young lady’s father was along for the float upped the awkwardness level a bit. This perhaps isn’t the ideal circumstance for a girl to first see your bare ass…
In the end, no medical attention was required. Shane got lucky. It could have been a lot worse. Recently a friend of a friend hooked his girlfriend in the eye, and that hook removal required 6 hours in the ER. While somewhat embarrassing, the ass is perhaps the best place to get hooked. It’s a long way from anything too vital, and it makes a great story afterwards.
Shane admits that the incident was due to a lazy cast. Throwing streamers is not without it’s perils. When you get in the rhythm of pounding banks, it is easy to get a little lax in the technical side of your casting. Let this be a lesson to us all… Sometimes bad casting can bite you in the ass.
Literally.
