The local Trout lake has a good colony of ducks that dive for food.

I'm somewhat paranoid that at some point one of them is going to take a fly

Does anybody know what is the best thing to do if this ever actually happens? (I'm not after cooking suggestions btw )

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Andy Smith
Started tying and fishing again in January 2010 after 25 years of doing other rather pointless things.

keep a tight line and watch for power cables lol

Hang on, they give a cracking fight

Probably best to try and get them in and take the fly out if you are using barbed, i know that everyone says that the hooks will breakdown in a few days but i still remain highly dubious about this

Yeah, I'm a bit dubious about this too.

I don't want to see a creature in unnecessary distress and was wondering if the kindest thing isn't to pull it's neck if too deep to remove? Not sure how the local warden might view this though if it had to happen

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Andy Smith
Started tying and fishing again in January 2010 after 25 years of doing other rather pointless things.

if it goes down its neck then thats a whole new situation as reelin it in would rip hell out of it and id dare say it would be time to snap its neck but thats just me

Iv caught my fair share of ducks carp fishing with dog biscuits and yeah your right they give a good fight lol. all i can say is get it in quick and get the hook out and let it calm down then release. It should be visible if uv got your rod in hand when the fly is taken. Carnt blame um for being hungry

Do you advise gloves? Ducks being slightly better equipped to battle on land that is..

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Andy Smith
Started tying and fishing again in January 2010 after 25 years of doing other rather pointless things.

It's a duck man not an eagle, you won't need gloves.

If he knows anyhting about anything, he'll suggest plum sauce

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Chris

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Andy Smith
Started tying and fishing again in January 2010 after 25 years of doing other rather pointless things.