The afternoon passed quickly and as we were sharing some more jokes and stories, a massive wind gust hit the Brolly, bent it backwards and snapped all of the supporting arms totally exposing us to the elements.

Of course, the heavy rain had just started and it soaked us to the bone in no time as we ran for cover to his jeep. A few minutes later Morgan showed up to pick me up at the time she said. I couldn’t believe how quickly the time had passed and I wasn’t ready... When my buddy with the jeep left, I went back to my rods to retrieve the rest of my gear.

In the earlier brolly busting storm panic, I’d left one of my two rods out and when I went to reel it in, I noticed the spool was a bit lower than when I had cast earlier. I began to reel in the line thinking I had missed my one opportunity. The line was curled in a large C shape around the edge of the pond and as my line tightened out, to my complete surprise, there was still a fish connected!