Kenneth-Mahseerken to those who know was ready to rock at 5-30 am.
The celebrations at Brannigans celebrating IFG anniversary were reaching a crescendo, and suddenly every one wanted IN
So I reach my destination, whip up a hasty bait of bread, rosgolla(damn, these Bongs really hav something going!), vanilla essence and the typical 'Cauvery bait', only use atta OD'd on hing (asafoetida) instead of ragi...
5-30am sees 3 cars rendezvous at Kens place and off we go.
Pump house at 7-30am and the bait is cast. And cast and cast and cast with a few nibbles.
By about 11-30, with not a nibble, Dev, Anupam, Abhijeet and LM have to head back...or they would be declared AWOL
Sam from IA joins us and Sanjay, Ken, Sam and I head out for another secret 'Jodh' and the magic begins
After a couple of false 'astartes' Sanjay got the hang of his new Berkley Shimano combo and with Ken giving a solid enfilade cover, the catch rate was on.
I decided to chip in- and, wonder of wonders, using a tiny no 10 hook on my 300g Mahseer rod (Yes, people do grab the wrong rod in the dark
) actually giot 2 tiny 2inch tiddlers! then a biggish cat and the coup de grace-a turtle...so Ken's turned the heat on me by passing the 'turtleken' hex??With only the sweet, bread bait, Ken and Sanjay were firing all cylinders-like the carp couldnt get enough of the stuff!
At 2-30, the silent alarms in my head were going at it like a organist going with all stops out and I'm-"please guys, can we pack it in the next half hour?"
and then I cast out again and again and again-so 4-30 comes up, we reluctantly pack in and head for home.
Axx
