one that got away

[weemalky]

Lost my new fly box with approx 25 flies today, sure floated well I'll say that much. Water was a bit higher than I thought, stumbled a little and it floated out of my bottom vest pocket which I left unzipped. Took a desperate swipe but it was gone lickety split. Watched it speed down the river bobbing merrily on it's way. Fished with the only fly I had until that snagged and broke my tippet. Gong show

 

[FishingNoob]

Ohhh man. Sounds like a bad day. You know what they say though, a bad day fishing is better then a good day at the office.

 

[rusty420]

Chalk it up as one of those days. Pretty funny though watching your fly box float away just out of reach although it sucked at the time.

 

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i woulda chased it down hoping it caught up on something

 

[chris f]

oh man that sucks, chalk it up as an offering to the river, sometime you will be rewarded back with some fish

 

[weemalky]

An offering for the fish gods, the river giveth and taketh away. Hope someone finds it and gets some action with the flies, half of them didn't see the water yet. Today was the test run.

 

[Rain-Bow]

Took a desperate swipe but it was gone lickety split. Watched it speed down the river bobbing merrily on it's way.

Oh darn. That's like when Tom Hanks lost Wilson in Cast Away.

 

[weemalky]

Oh darn. That's like when Tom Hanks lost Wilson in Cast Away.

Exactly, it was almost like it was smiling at me too. River was raging fast, I should have heeded it's warning. I felt like Bear Grylls for a second trying to cross, stumblebum. By the time I got out it was racing down some rapids.

 

[sunny14]

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[weemalky]

x's 2.Was there a reason you couldn't go after it, in the water or on shore?

Sorry to hear that you lost it though.

River was high and fast with the rain, I was almost maxed out to the top of my waders too. By the time I got out it was almost out of sight in even faster water with no good route to chase it down. Not worth going under for $35.