"The egret flies in front of Xizhai Mountain, and the peach blossoms flow and the mandarin fish are fat. Green hats, green clothes, slanting wind and drizzle do not need to return. This is a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Zhihe, "Words of the Fisherman", which not only describes the scenery on the surface of the water and the fish species in the water, but also compares the fisherman's desire for fish.

Hong Tao's state at this time is very similar to that described in this poem, in front of him is a wide water surface, egrets are replaced by several water birds called "crooked necked old waiters" in the north, peach blossoms and mandarin fish are not, unknown small wildflowers and grass carp, carp are so much, the ancients' straw hats and coats have become modern waterproof jackets, the most appropriate is that he is standing in the rain, holding a fishing rod and fighting with the fish in the water.

Hong Tao is 40 years old, working in a travel agency in Beijing, his parents have passed away, and he and his wife are the only two people in the family, and there are no children. As a post-70s generation, he has a wide range of hobbies, usually watching a foreign movie when he has nothing to do, drinking some wine with friends, playing games and chatting on the Internet, rubbing a few pots of small cards with people in a mahjong parlor, traveling with his wife, and jumping on the football field a few years ago when his legs and feet are neat. If it would be more accurate to call his favorite pastime, it should be fishing, a very niche sport.

Hong Tao was born on the shore of Houhai in Xicheng District, Beijing, because the door of the house is the lake, and the children at that time had nothing to play with, so he followed his father who liked to fish, and sat by the lake to fish all summer vacation. When he grew up, this childhood game became a kind of leisure sport, and he naturally became obsessed with it.

Whatever it is, being too hobby becomes an addiction. Hong Tao is also addicted to fishing, and he is very addicted. Since the two of them have no children, their parents leave early, and they are not very busy with work, he has a lot of time to spend on this fishing addiction.

Starting in May every year, Hong Tao will make an appointment with his fishermen, drive to a reservoir hundreds of kilometers away from Beijing to go fishing, go for at least a week, eat, drink and live at the water's edge, a bit of a big fish will not be returned. Why did you go so far to fish? Answer: There are too many people who like to fish near Beijing, there are too few reservoirs, and the environmental protection work is not very good.

If you start fishing when you are a child, Hong Tao has been fishing for more than 20 years and is an old fishing fan. From the beginning of the small branch with a sewing needle fishing small white stripe, small creeper, to later buy a fishing rod to fish the kind of fish pond that charges, at present he has entered the wild reservoir to fish those wild fish that are not farmed, and the appetite is getting bigger and bigger, the requirements for the catch are getting higher and higher, more than ten catties, more than 20 catties, more than 30 catties of fish have been caught in the past few years, this year his goal is to break through the weight of a single 50 catties.

This time they a group of 4 people fishing reservoir called "Taolinkou Reservoir", located in Hebei Province Qinhuangdao City Qinglong Manchu Autonomous Region, surrounded by the eastern foot of the Yanshan Mountains, although the reservoir capacity of the reservoir is not very large, but the basin is very large, is the use of a tributary of the original Luan River Qinglong River dam becomes, from the upstream all the way to the dam, can have hundreds of highway distance.

The main reason why this reservoir can attract Hong Tao and them to drive hundreds of kilometers is that it is relatively remote, there is no reservoir cage farming, and there is no tourism development project on the water surface, which is relatively good for the protection of native fish. Although the reservoir has not been built for a long time, the wild fish that originally lived in the Qinglong River have been able to continue to grow, and according to fishing friends in Hebei, more than 50 catties of carp have been caught here.

Hong Tao They are coming for the big fish of more than 50 catties, they are not afraid of desolation, what are the big men afraid of desolation? I've heard of robbing money, cars, and women, but I haven't heard of robbing fishing rods. We bring our own camping and kitchen utensils, tents, canopies, reclining chairs, pressure cookers, gas stoves, rice, flour, oil and salt, and even gasoline generators and laptops, which are completely self-sufficient.

Today is the 7th day of arriving here, the catch of Hongtao 4 people is not ideal, it may be due to the hot and humid weather, the big fish are hiding in the shade and do not like to move, not to mention the 50 catties of giants, more than 10 catties of fish have not seen a few, it is very unpleasant.

Early in the morning, the three people in the same company were already disheartened, packed up and went home, only Hong Tao was not dead hearted, regardless of the advice of his friends, forced to stay alone in the reservoir to continue to fight, there is a big meaning that I will not leave if you don't come up. Although fishing is a play, pay attention to "fishing but not for fish", there is no special requirement for fishing more and less, many people even eat little fish, but there are always those dead-eyed people, sometimes they will fall into the realm of competition with nature, unfortunately this is the case with Hong Tao today.

He had a dream in his tent the night before, in which he caught a huge golden carp, and for him, who snores and rarely dreams, this is a hint from God, and it is likely to become a reality. When a person wants something very badly but can't get it when he is old, he will believe in some nonsense and take it as a hint, as it is called: fate!

Not to mention, Hong Tao's dream is really not in vain. At noon that day, after the three friends in the same company were evacuated one after another, one of his sea rods suddenly bent over, and the line in the fishing reel "hissed" and rubbed outward. At that time, Hong Tao had just finished lunch, and one was cooking and eating under the scorching sun, and he must have been sweating profusely after finishing the work, so he planned to go into the water to take a bath, anyway, the temperature was high at noon, and he basically didn't fish much.

But when he just walked into the water with his bare buttocks, the pole on the shore moved, with many years of fishing experience, Hong Tao didn't need to look at the action of the pole, just listening to the sound of the fishing reel release, you can judge that this is a big fish! As for how big it is, no one can say, anyway, 20 catties up is there, the small fish can't pull the large fishing reel of Hongtao, even if it is pulled, at most it is a short number of lines, this kind of non-stop way to line, must be a big guy, it relies on its weight, swims in the water, no need to struggle at all, can pull the fishing wheel on the hundreds of meters of line.

What is needed at this point? Level-headed? Wrong! What is needed at this point is physical fitness. I saw a flash of white light, Hong Tao rushed to the shore at a speed of more than 100 meters and 8 seconds with his bare feet, and instantly sprinted to the fishing rod that had been pulled into a bow shape, bent over, reached out and held it in his hand, and then held the card slot of the fishing reel with his left hand, put the tail of the fishing rod on his little belly, held the crank of the fishing wheel with his right hand, jumped on the front foot, pedaled on the back foot, and used up the waist strength to push the rod backwards.

"There you have it!"

The force from the pole made Hong Tao very sure that the hook was not hanging to the bottom! The fish is still on the hook! Because it was pierced into the flesh by a sharp hook, it had just felt pain, and it was struggling with its life, and the fishing line was faintly vibrating.

When the action of lifting the rod and stabbing the fish was completed, Hong Tao's heart was more than half steady. Fishing with a sea rod is not like fishing with a hand rod, the sea rod does not drift to show the action of the fish in the water, so the angler can not grasp the state of the bait in the water, so he can only passively wait for the fish mouth to suck the bait into the mouth along with the hook, and then turn his head to leave, pull the fishing line connected to the hook, and then pull the alarm on the fishing rod to know whether there are fish eating bait below.

However, at this time, the hook is only hanging in the mouth of the fish, and does not penetrate into the depths, so when the rod has action or the alarm alarm, it is necessary to quickly lift the rod and drive the fishing line to make the hook pierce deeper into the fish meat, so as to ensure that the hook will not be thrown off because of the fierce struggle of the fish.

Once the hook hooks the mouth of the fish, and it is determined that it is a big fish, the angler can not be anxious, at this time the fish feels pain, it is not like a person, where it hurts will look or touch, find that there is a hook hook in their mouth, quickly pick out and spit out. It can only instinctively sense the danger, and then it runs to where it thinks it is safe. The animals that escape for their lives are very strong, because they are not afraid of pain, and the more they hurt, the more they toss, and the more they hurt, the more desperate they are.

At this time, it depends on the angler's understanding and mastery of the fishing rod and fishing wheel, fishing line, and hook, in short, the experience of the angler. He should be able to tell what weight class the fish is in the water the moment he lifts the rod. For example, if it is less than 5 catties, then don't bother that brain, shake the handle of the fishing wheel, and directly pull the fish back, no matter how the fish of this weight is tossed, it will not break the hook, fishing line, and fishing rod, unless you use defective products, or there are old wounds on it.

If you feel that there are more than 10 catties, then you can't rely on brute force to pull up, you have to adjust a force relief device of the fishing wheel, so that it can automatically release the line outward when the fishing wheel is subjected to a certain strength of tension, so as to avoid excessive tension to pull off the fishing line or hook. Then shake the handle of the fishing reel, pull the fish closer to the shore, and after the fish is frightened, return to the deep water to escape, and the fishing line will be automatically released, so that a few back and forth, the fish's physical strength is exhausted, and it can only be restrained.

But when you feel that the fish is far beyond the scope of your cognition, you have to be more careful, because at this time, the pull of your hook and fishing line is not generally strong. And in the fishing time of your life, this kind of fish that I don't know how big the road is, you may only catch up with the number of times, and the person who carries a little bit can't catch up once.

Hong Tao has long passed the stage of practicing these basic fishing knowledge, and now his operation of the fishing rod is close to instinct. Basically, as long as you mention the rod and spin fish, you can roughly judge the weight of the fish under the water through the feel. However, the fish under the water in front of him, Hong Tao really can't judge how heavy it is, he can only rely on experience to say, 30 catties up, because no matter how big the fish is, he has never caught it, let alone experience and feel.

The line in the fishing reel has been released more than half, according to the full wheel of 250 meters, almost 150 meters, but the underwater fish is still stubbornly swimming in the distance, although Hong Tao has adjusted the discharge force to 10 kilograms, that is to say, the big fish is equivalent to pulling 10 kilograms of weight in swimming, but its speed is still unabated.

"Come back to me!!"

Hong Tao couldn't let it run away with the line like this anymore, and if he didn't take measures, the big fish would probably pull out all the lines and not get tired. Gritting his teeth, stomping his feet, squeezing his strength to death, holding the pole and holding his strength to go back.

"Hey...... It became ......"

The big fish because the hook on the mouth is pulled, the pain is unbearable, so no longer stuffy head to swim in one direction, from the left side of the water surface to the right side of the water to move forward, this time Hong Tao will be relieved, quickly shake the handle of the fishing wheel to reel in the line, and wait for the big fish to swim to the right, and then continue to use 10 kg of discharge line.

"Boom...... Click......"

I don't know when the road was, the originally clear sky was already covered with black clouds, if it wasn't for the thunder that reminded Hong Tao, he would still be fighting with the big fish. At this time, the big fish had already run back and forth from left to right, and then from right to left, and Hong Tao's arms were sore, but he still didn't let the big fish be exhausted.

"Nima, it's been one and a half hours, let's fight, whether you get me down, or I get you up!"

Hong Tao changed his left hand to hold the pole, shook his right hand vigorously, he is not afraid of the tenacity of the big fish, but also not afraid of its strength, the more tenacious and energetic it means that it is bigger, so that the ability to catch it. Take the time to light a cigarette, while shaking the fishing boat, while thinking that after the big fish land, you must take a few photos with your mobile phone, and then pass them to the few pieces of material that do not accompany you to continue to stick to it, so that they can regret it.

"Come back quickly, I can't bear it alone;

Come back soon, life is wonderful because of you; ……

Come back quickly, don't let my hook be as empty as the sea......

While reeling and releasing the line, Hong Tao hummed a small song, compared with the two days ago when the big fish was hooked, he turned his head and drooped his head, now he is raising his eyebrows, this big guy got it, the photo was passed on the fishing net, he was immediately a wild fishing master, and when he came out to fish in the future, others had to ask:

"Brother Hong, do you think there is a high chance of a big fish in that position?"

"Teacher Hong, you give me some pointers, what kind of bait can be used to catch big fish?"

Teacher Hong...... Hahaha...... Boom, click! Hong Tao, who was laughing lewdly, was interrupted by another thunderclap, and a light rain fell in the sky.

"The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds and muscles. A little rain counts as a P! Hong Tao wiped the rain from his face, looked at the jacket under the canopy more than ten meters away, and did a few seconds of ideological struggle, and then decided that he would not put down the pole to get dressed, even if he was gonorrhea and pneumonia, he recognized it! In case the big fish runs away, I have to regret it for the rest of my life, and there is no evidence of bragging B, those fishing friends, all of them are angry and laughing guys, as long as the fish does not come up, they will definitely say:

"No photos, you say a JB !!"

Cunning humans have an advantage over fish that rely entirely on instinct, and although they may not be as physically strong as animals, they use a variety of tools. Relying on the elasticity of the fishing rod and the discharging force of the fishing wheel, the big fish finally did not fight the waves, and after more than 2 hours, it was slowly pulled closer to the shore.

"Whoa!"

A large splash rolled up more than 20 meters offshore, and in the gloomy sky, Hong Tao said with certainty that he saw the color of the fish: golden yellow! Pure golden big carp! It was so similar to the fish he had caught in his dream last night.

"Providence...... Fate, ah......"

Once the big fish is close to the shore and turns over on the surface of the water, it means that it has no physical strength to dive into deep water, basically even if it surrenders the gun, at this time, as long as you pay attention not to rush, continue to slide it back and forth, and wait until it is so tired that it can't even keep standing in the water, and when it rolls over on its side, you can get a copy to catch fish.

The difficult moment has passed, and those beginner mistakes Hong Tao is even more unlikely to make, after ten minutes of skillful slipping, the big fish was pulled to the shore for diving, at this time Hong Tao has seen the whole picture of the fish clearly.

"It's so beautiful, it's all up to the local tyrants."

The length of the big fish is more than 1 meter, which is not long, but the waist circumference is very thick, just like a pregnant woman, with a round belly, and it is definitely more than 40 catties by sight. The most popular thing is that it has a good fur, the whole body is golden, the dorsal and caudal fins are red, and the scales are as big as the mouth of a cup.

Copying fish, picking hooks, and taking pictures in one go, because there is only one person, Hong Tao can't hold the big fish to do intimate contact, so he has to put the big fish on the fish blanket, lie next to him, and then raise the camera in the waterproof bag, and take a fierce photo with a chirp, and then drag the big fish wrapped in a rubber fish blanket to the water's edge, ready to be released.

Free captive animals? Yes, Hong Tao himself doesn't eat much freshwater fish, thinking that they have too many spines. Moreover, fishing is mainly for entertainment, and if it is for food, it is much cheaper to spend money on fish than to fish. Moreover, this kind of big fish is already considered fish essence, and Chinese carp can rarely grow to more than 4 or 50 catties in the north, unlike the herring in the south, which has a body of 100 catties at every turn.

The most important thing is that Hong Tao knows that this big carp is a pregnant woman, and it is estimated that it must be regarded as an elderly pregnant woman, and that round belly is pregnant with tens of thousands of small fry, if there is no special reason to kill it, it is not cost-effective. Anglers hope that there are fish in all the waters, and they hate those who are electrically fished, drugged and poisoned, and use desperate nets to catch fish, and it is precisely because of their existence and environmental protection that anglers like Hong Tao have to drive a car with a cart of equipment and run hundreds of kilometers to catch fish.

The big fish was really tired, and it was a pregnant woman, when Hong Tao pushed it into the water, it was still sideways and couldn't stand upright, just opened a closed bar with a big mouth, trying to breathe the long-lost oxygen with its gills. Hong Tao stood in the calf deep water, while helping the big fish to stand upright, while helping it swim back and forth, the water temperature in the shallow water is high, this kind of big fish that has lived in deep water for many years is not very adaptable, if it is thrown where it does not matter, it is likely to be released and not killed.

The big fish soaked in the water for a few minutes, and gradually eased up, it first stood up straight, waged its tail, confirmed its current condition, and then shook its tail violently and rushed into the deep water.

"I'm here, I'm here!"

Hong Tao, who was still standing in the water, didn't expect the big fish that had just recovered his strength to move so quickly, and when the big fish swung its tail, he didn't dodge at all, and as a result, he was sturdy and was pumped on the calf by the tail of the fish as big as a small fan, and his skin was red at that time, and there was even blood oozing out in some places.

It's useless to scold, the people have already left, Hong Tao only found out that he was still bare-chested at this time, the rain in the sky had turned from small rain to heavy rain, and it was not only a little painful to hit his body, but also very cold. Washed away the muddy water on his body with water, and was about to go ashore to rest, when Hong Tao suddenly found that a golden light flashed under the water a few meters away, and then a fish head the size of a human head was exposed to the water, followed by the body of the fish, and then the tail of the fish.

"Bang ......" The big fish just now actually came back again, and in front of Hong Tao, there was a volley turning 360, turning sideways for N and a half, almost flat and falling into the water, and disappeared in the splash.

"Nima!! Bah...... Phew......" Hong Tao was so frightened that he almost sat in the water, although the tail did not hit him, but the splash of the water also drenched him all over his face, and he didn't even know what was splashed in his mouth.

"This is going to become a fine, I know that I am a person who is molesting fishing, next time I catch you, I will carve a little king on your Y fish scales." As a fisherman, he actually caught a fish that could interact with people simply, Hong Tao was not afraid at all, but was very happy, just as he was about to go ashore, there was a trace of golden light in the water.

"I'm ...... Come back! Subconsciously, Hong Tao twisted his body, intending to block the big waves of the big fish, but after a few seconds, there was no movement, and when he turned around, the water was very calm, and there was no shadow of the big fish, but just now where the big fish fell into the water, there was a golden shining thing.

"Fish scales?" Hong Tao took a few steps forward and reached out to pick up the thing, which should be a fish scale, and it was a fish scale that grew behind the head of the fish near its back, it was very large, larger than the sunglasses, and it was irregular and round.

Although it has been separated from the body of the fish, the scales are still pale golden, and there is no protein at all, but more like a bony structure, similar to tortoiseshell products. Hong Tao soaked it in the water, there seems to be no sticky liquid on ordinary fish scales, the feel is very delicate, and the thickness of the scales must be about 7 mm, the thinnest place is also 5 mm, if not said, the average person will never see that this is a piece of fish scales.

"Huh? Good thing, this souvenir is very interesting, thank you, big fish! Hong Tao shouted at the water, picked up the fishing rod thrown at the water's edge, turned his head and ran to the shore, dancing happily as he ran.

As the old saying goes: happiness makes sorrow, and people tend to forget the dangers around them when they are extremely excited.

Of course, this restriction did not exist before the 90s, because most of the fishing rods at that time were made of FRP materials or even bamboo, although they would conduct electricity when it rained, but the resistance was still relatively large. But most of today's fishing rods are made of carbon material, which itself is a good conductor of electricity, if you hold a fishing rod in a thunderstorm, the possibility of being struck by lightning will be greatly enhanced, if you are in the wilderness, there is no higher object around, then your probability of being struck by lightning will have to increase several times more.

Hong Tao's current place is a wilderness, although the distance is still embraced by mountains, but the place where he stays is a bend in the reservoir, very flat, and when he dances, the nearly 5-meter-long carbon fishing rod is like a sharp spear, pointing directly at the thunder god in the sky.

The electric mother is not in a good mood today, women, there are a few days of irritability every month, but that Lei Gong obviously does not understand his feelings, the thunder drum is clanging, this is obviously not allowing herself to rest, this dead old man!

When she was annoyed, she suddenly saw a bare-ass man on the ground, holding a long stick, stabbing in the sky from time to time. Uncle can bear it, but aunt can't bear it! The electric mother is also the god of the gods of Lei Gong is holding a stomach of nameless fire, and now he finds that a small mortal actually dares to challenge himself, this is to turn the sky upside down.

Since you dare to challenge the sky, or such a challenge of Chiguoguo, then let's not be polite, let's give you a look first, and try what skills you have. A thick lightning bolt suddenly tore through the dark and gloomy sky, and landed straight on the fishing rod raised by Hong Tao, and then there was no more, and the newspaper on the second or third day would publish a news item "A Beijing man fished in the rain and was accidentally struck by lightning and died, I hope the majority of fishing enthusiasts pay attention to their own safety".