Oman Fishing 2022
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Sorry, all went a little quiet. Who said bad things come in three's or as @goosehd surmised, perhaps I am the unluckiest guy around.
Anyway, on Wednesday evening after a good days fishing, we got back to the lodge and started cleaning our tackle. I popped inside to have a quick shower and change, came back ou=tside barefoot and did not notice that Szymon had been sluicing down the tackle on the marble steps. I slipped and fell quite dramatically, hitting my brow on the edge of the steps. Lucking Cyril is an ex-firefighter, knows what to do with cuts and stuff like that, and carries a really good first aid kit with him. He patched me up and we walked to the doctors surgery which, as luck would have it, was only 100 yards away. When I showed the nurse my wound (which I had not seen) her exclamation of "oh my God" did nothing to make me feel better
The doctor arrived and 7 stitches later and a load of paperwork, I was out of there. I did not fish the following day (not wanting to get the dressing wet with salt water), nor did I tell Paula until I was 3 minutes from home last night, as she had got pretty upset about the damage I had done to myself in the whale incident, so I did not want to wreck her week further.
A pictorial history:
I did go fishing on Friday and we had a brilliant day, lots of different species and my largest GT of the week (I'm guessing about 18kg). If the other buggers ever send me photos, I will post
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That is going to be a tough looking scar. Pretty extreme holiday. I'd be a bit shaken up, but on the plus side you've got lots of good stories out of it. Thanks for sharing all the ups and downs, fun to see it all.
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I did not fish the following day (not wanting to get the dressing wet with salt water), nor did I tell Paula until I was 3 minutes from home last night, as she had got pretty upset about the damage I had done to myself in the whale incident, so I did not want to wreck her week further.
I have to admit, I was pretty shocked last night when G got home.
But his decision not to tell me was a good one, I had a thoroughly enjoyable weekend with family without the worry of my husband's (further) damage. What can I say? Life is never dull… ::)
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glad it wasn't any worse G!
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now that was a real hardcore fishing adventure
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I’m glad you’re ok, and I didn’t mean to jinx you. I made that comment tongue in cheek, however there may be something to superstition (not that I have ever put any faith in it), but…
Well one good thing, nobody can top your stories except maybe Alex T. You guys would keep a bar entertained for days and never pay for a drink (especially $70 for corona’s). That may be the biggest upset of the trip.
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that 70dollar BEER tab had to hurt more than the bomp on the head,
Unreal
