Re: When things go walking
Hi,
Just a bit of an update on this. The Insurance fellow came by today. I had brougt in my flies to show him, to point out all the different "bits of material" that I had, since I didn't have receipts for all items. After chatting for a bit, and explaining why one would want to keep bits of feathers, and patches of hide, etc, he was more than satisfied with the validity of the claim. The main concern, of course, is that some people use a car break in as an oppertunity to take up a new hobby (hey, they broke into my car, I think I'll take up golf and claim a set of clubs), and such. Anyway, he'll put his report in, and I should hear back relatively soon (a week or so I hope). If they cover the whole thing, I should be able to get my local fly shop to just order in 95% of what I had and just get it in one big go.
Of course, there's been no word as to the break in itself, so I'm suspecting that the prints the police found were either mine, my wife's, or of someone "not in the system." There are a couple of great fishing spots that, unfortunatley, get targeted by thieves. The one I was broken into had been safe, but I guess recently it's been getting bad. It's a shame that things get like that at times.
Anyway, on a brighter note, I did get out to my favorite nearby fishing stream (the Wairoa) and landed 4 small fish in the under 8 inches range. I was fishing a team of 3 flies, from bob to point 1) black gnat (winged wet version), 2) black & red dun (a soft hackle), and 3) a willow grub (a smooth bodied nymph pattern).
Three of the four landed were all taken on the black and red dun (which is one of Sly. Nemes modern softhackle patterns; body rear 1/2 red, front black, rib: flat siliver, hackle: dun partridge), the other was taken on the black gnat. I've generally done quite well in the Wairoa using softhackles, and dark flies tend to work well there as the river is often discoloured. This was no exception, as both taking flies were predominately black (my r&b dun had a very dark, almost black hackle, rather than a light dun version). Although the fish were all quite small, they were very lively and a lot of fun.
- Jeff