Everyone had gone it was only me left, the machines had taken over. A barren wasteland surrounded me , but "a river runs through it"!!!
I loaded my weapon with a big stimulator , the river was clearing after the relentless surges of heavy rain, indeed i looked at the stream just yesterday but it was too high.
But it's the first to drop, and all though windy , cold and with the threat of more heavy rain, i was edging up a pool beyond the threat of the machines .
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| The rise of the machines |
A fish rose in the poisoned detritus! There was life here! I covered it with the stimulator and it took first cast cleared the water and that's when i saw it was a fairly good fish , it scrapped well i scooped it with the net and it was just in time as the hook came out.
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| Mutant! |
As i continued to make my way up the ditch i decided to put on a rubber legged version of the prince nymph on the bend NZ style. It worked great with a brace of trout from the first pool nothing in the next but three from the next again.
It was the nymph that was doing most of the damage ,
but the stimulator still brought the odd savage attack.
As i headed upstream the wind got up the rain threatened so it was time to head back to HQ. Operation Thunderdome complete.
