You’ve been watching him for ten minutes now. He’s over there, on the far side of the seam. It’s a long cast, not accounting for the drag from the current. You won’t get a very long drift over there.
What’s he eating? You watch him eat a couple more times. Oh yeah, you’ve got some of those in the box. You carefully tie one on and creep up a little closer. Just need to see him one more time…
There he is. A couple of false casts and you should have just enough line out. Damn, too short. You pick up, add a little extra, and lay it back down. Throw a good mend in there. There we go, that’s right where he should be.
As if in slow motion, you watch that big, beautiful nose appear from the depths around your fly. The world slows down as you wait to set. Wait for it, wait for it.. God save the Queen.. Those jaws slowly close around your fly and you set.
Got him.
