Fishing News
Swiftwing
Sat 1 Dec 2007 11:58
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Fishing suplement - the story so
far
Having had a poor press of late (and lots
of stick from the crew every time we have tinned tuna for tea), I have
decided to break my silence and put the record straight regarding the
performance of the fishing department of Swiftwing. On arrival at Gran Canaria,
I had not thought of any fishing exploits so had brought nothing in the way of
any tackle with me. Thankfully, Dad had had the foresight to put some gear
on board before Swiftwing left Cambeltown, but the lures were a wee
bit small for my bigger plans. I asked around in the village to be
told that the fishing shop had closed some time ago. Undeterred, I paid a
visit to a local Spar shop where I purhased a pair of rubber kitchen
gloves and set about cutting off the fingers down to the wrists to make
some squid "muppets". The first couple off the production line,
codenamed "Marigold" and "Miss Piggy" went into the water along with
a couple of the smaller ones bought by dad. No success on the first day but on
day 2, I found that a fish had chewed the line and bitten off one of the hooks,
naughty little fish! Some seizing wire was aquired from "Captain Bligh" and
beefing up of the tackle occured. Over the next couple of days,
nothing happened but then, I found that I had had another nibble, this time
the fish could not bite through the wire trace but we had not checked on time
and it was lost. On Friday, I made up two new lures made from some old
flourescent spinnaker material and some lead weights. These latest lures,
codenamed "Terminator" and "Terminator 2" have now been in the water for a few
hours with nothing so far. Fishing operations have been suspended meantime due
to the strong winds. If we caught a fish at the moment, we would never
be able to haul it in due to the drag as we are going so fast! As you can see,
the Swiftwing fishing department has been operation under severe duress with the
lack of equipment. Be assured however that in true
Reid tradition, fishing operations will continue when the weather
abates and good news will be passed on when the first fish comes aboard.
Meantime, we will refrain from throwing the tinned tuna overboard!
Neil |