I missed my mate Dids. He who always makes me feel good about myself when it comes to one on one fishing. I had offered up a number of trips yet Did's was scarred from previous one on one outings with me and had declined in the recent past. I must have caught him in a moment of weakness as he gladly accepted my offer for a deckie spot Sunday morning. We left the ramp at 5:15am and headed over to some of my special spots that I know we would get fish as I wanted him to have every opportunity to land a flatty. Sam and his brother Vic were also out on the water and there was plenty of banter and bravado. It didn't take long before there was a steady stream of fish being hooked up. Some spat the hooks and others came over the gunnels. Alas, our man Dids wasn't on the end of any of them so we decided to move down to some other ground that usually produces. The fishing stepped up another notch as we settled in to this new spot with brazen calls of "Watch this, I'll get a fish with this cast" and invariably a flat one would succumb to the magical action imparted on the placcy by the masterful angler. Alas, our man Dids still had not caught one and surprisingly not alot was going on for Sam and his brother. Nonetheless a steady stream of fish graced the deck of Funchy's humble tinny.
After I while I felt sorry for Dids, he had ridden the roller coaster of eager anticipation of what may be, to sullen darkness as a clear trend of who the true lizard master was began to emerge right through to outright rage, screams of "I will tell them all I was never here, I was in Sydney", threats, physical violence and the ultimate desperate request.... "Funchy, there's no need to do a report on today's outing". I finally put him out of his misery by getting him back to the ramp, filleting my fish and giving him half, making him a nice cuppa and filling his belly with some nice pudding and custard. He left that morning in no doubt of who the master is. Dids left broken and defeated but with a bit more knowledge on becoming a better flatty fisherman.
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