A brighter note on a bleak fishing day. While trootin on a local stillwater last year i was aware of a stray sheep which had wandered in from nearby field, but was 50yds along from me. Safe enough surely until my line tightened on the backcast.. A quick look diawl bachs firmly in the big fly patch. With a few giggling anglers onlooking i gave a quick tug only to send the wooly ****** hurtling down bank with me stripped down to backing in pursuit,until the ****** won... some fight though . Any other amusing storys outhere, c'mon

I hook a bat night fishing for sea trout. It took some getting in but I managed to do a catch and release. I've tried had to catch another but I think I must be using the wrong fly.

I wasn't fishing, but was walking the dog with my very new at the time girlfriend (now my missus ). First week of January late afternoon/dusk, very cold and starting to get dark when I heard the dog barking in a field, not his usual one either but almost distressed sounding and he would not come to heel for whistling or shouting. Although he was only 100 yards or so away we couldn't see him because of the mist. So I left her at the gate so she didnt go over her ankle or something in the field and went off to investigate...

Found him standing at the edge of the burn barking at a sheep stuck in the water!! There are plenty shallow bits the sheep can walk across but it had obviously strayed out of those and got washed into the current and would not leave the bit where it was stuck. I got a big stick to push it back into the current as I knew thet 20 - 30 yards downstream it got shallow enough that it would get out but it was just not having it! It kept swimming back to its little "safe" bit that was actually far to deep and too sheer a bank for it to get out

I ended up having to get in to get it out! Standing nipple deep in a burn in January is not nice! And the bank was over shoulder height from that perspective! It took a lot of grunting and heaving to get this woolly ****** back onto dry land as it was soaked like a sponge. I phoned the farmer to let him know but he couldnt have sounded less interested!

Totally dark by the time I got back to my gf who had no idea what had happened, she had been stood alone in the gloom for the best part of an hour and had only been able to hear the dog barking, me shouting at him and also swearing a lot, loudly So was a bit surprised when I reappeared dripping wet and proceeded to empty the water out my boots!

Never was quite sure if the dog chased it in or found it there in the first place! He isn't a sheep chaser though so I hope the latter!

First year Stocks opened for day tickets, a group of us went. It was good fishing as we all had caught. One of my mates was fairly new to the sport being in his season but doing well even with casting. Another mate stood behind him chattiing and giving encouragement when the fly stuck in his nose on the back cast. He still has the scar.

Not fly fishing but in mid teens a group of us went fishing local canal. A mate caught a half pound jack pike. Being very careful not to get bit he gingerly tried to remove the hook. The jack suddenly flipped and it's tail caught him in the eye. As we all laughed he pented his anger out the jack killing it. Next day in school he a was sporting a slight shiner.

Sounds like the new Lassie u got there

Hooked a duck once which I reckoned was about 6lb.
Luckily, I was using a 4lb leader and it broke off.
And before anyone asks, no I wasn't using a cul de canard pattern.

When I was about 12, I hooked a dog with a spinner, I was just about to cast and he jumped and grabbed it, got caught in his lip.

He ran off taking my line, can't remember how it all ended, but it still makes me laugh.

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Well where to start I've had a few unfortunate hook ups, first was my dads ear. Can still see his face as I continued to try and cast while the hook was stuck in his ear. I've also caught a bat a duck 2 frogs whilst they where mating and the local bull by the hairy part of his penis.