i cast upstream under the bridge at newton lower falls
with a heavy hook with a stinky home made doughball for bait.
a huge carp eats it on the third cast and proceeds down
river.... (this is in the charles river BTW)
so now i am totally thrilled and run
up the bank to the top of the bridge still running and passing
my rod around the front of the light poles while fighting it
trying to get to the other side thats better for landing a fish.
well...........
i was so damned excited i jumped over the railing a bit to early when
reaching the other side and went tumbling down the embankment
and just luckilly grabbing my rod before it got towed into the river.
it took awhile to reel that sucker back up to where a friend
of mine was waiting with a huge net... and he scoops up
the carp which was so freakin heavy it broke right thru the net
hit the water now un- hooked and swam away....
