THE MADNESS OF KING
SAUNDERS THE FIRST
From left to right
The destroyer –
mcfluffchucker (me) – andy “pandy” saunders
Ok so you know me you
know the destroyer through my ranting on here or mabey you have seen him at
work in the Glasgow angling center (hope you took him a doughnut) but saunders
well let me tell you he really is completely bonkers im taking padded cell here
folks, my self and conan absolutely gushed tears everyday he was here I mean
the guy was even sleeping in a bed with a little princess duvet cover
completely bonkers.
But don’t let that
fool you he is an amazing fly tier of trout type flies in fact his work has
been featured in angling magazines on these shores and is quite stunning , so
much so he made it onto the deercreek pro team which is really how this trip
came up .
Andy and conan
hatched a plan for him to come up fishing for a few days and during that time
he wanted to catch his first ever pike on the fly and a bass or saltwater
species and well me and the destroyer were happy to help out ,
The first day
“pike”
I had a look at the
weather and it seamed piking would be the first option so we headed out to my
local where although it could be hard at times I was quietly confident that I
could get trout boy his first fish, so with a bit of guidance on how to fish
the subbug I soon had him casting confidently.
He managed to hit a
few fish and have them on for a few seconds before losing them, so after a
little pep talk on how to strike and where he was going wrong he soon banged
into his first ever pike .
Of course with
somebody who’s not caught them before I think its always better to chin them or
net them for the person and show how to do it properly and point out the very
sharp teeth which you really don’t want to be sticking your fingers anywhere
near
A very pleased nut
case with his first ever pike
LOCH LEVEN
(a childhood dream full
field)
When I was a
youngster growing up on the banks of the river tweed throwing my own somewhat
strange variations of classic patterns at trout in the river after school,
there was a magical place called loch leven that was pretty much the Shangri-La
of trout fishing and id always dreamed about making the 2 hour or so trip to go
there , but it was always just that a dream for one reason or the other .
So when the opportunity came up with mr saunders being
up here and wanting to fish for trout a plan was hatched and a childhood dream
would be fulfilled
“Securely located on Castle Island in Loch
Leven, Lochleven Castle had an important role in Scotland's history for over
three hundred years. Yet it is perhaps best remembered as Mary
Queen of Scots' prison from June 1567 to May 1568, and the place where she
was forced to abdicate in favour of her infant son James VI on 24 July 1567.”
Imagine this as your backdrop while
fishing how stunning
On with the freak show
So we pulled into the
carpark and there was a few other guys already there setting up and they grace
us more than a passing glace as we got out the car (are you surprised) and as I
walked around to the otherside of the car to get my gear I spotted a 6 month
old pork scratching on the drivers side the destroyer is really the muckiest
person I know you know the week before he had accused me of whiffing a bit
after a day afloat (quite possibly) but the following week he owned up to the
fact that actually it proberbly wasn’t me after all as he had spilt some milk
in the car the week before and it was that making the smell ……………cheers pal
Andy actually turned
himself into a human compass and told us which way to head what he failed to
actually realise was that we used that pot for having a wee on the boat oh well
guess he knows know why we were laughing at him
Loch leven is a large
body of water so I was glad to have a couple of trout guys to show me the ropes
on where and how to fish as trout fishing has become a very alien thing to me
these days with the amount of pike fly fishing I do
We tried a lot of
different tactics but it wasn’t to be my loch leven brown trout eluded me ,
infact out of the dozen boats on the water that day there was only 2 fish
caught so bloody tough but hey I wont hold it against the trout experts we all
have our off days I mean saunders even had an indicator on with a blob at one
point absolutely shocking behaviour and the actions of truly a mad person to do
this on such a hallowed brown trout water ……………..still had a great day with the
pro bros though and we look forward to seeing his royal nutjob saunders back
again soon pleasure to fish with ya pal
Back on the esox next
week though stay tuned
Mcfluffchucker
(a cave in
scotland)
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