Maddy's Dolphin by Imogen Tovey

Author:Imogen Tovey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783065615
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Deep Water

‘Ok, you ready, Lucy?’ James walked into their suite of rooms. He had just finished organising the powerboat and fishing equipment and Lucy was finishing her lunch. He had been surprised at her request to go fishing that morning. It was quite unlike her, but the President had been happy for her to go so he had made the arrangements. James loved boats and being on the water, so he was looking forward to it himself.

Lucy had her swimsuit on with a T-shirt on top and she jumped onto the boat alongside the jetty, getting into the seat next to the driver’s seat. James unhooked the rope and jumped in himself, hopping into his seat and easing the throttle forward slowly. Having inched his way out from the jetty, he increased the speed. They were away, with the wind in their faces as the front of the boat lifted off from the surface of the sea. The land got further and further away behind them and they headed off straight up the Gulf, towards and then beyond Cape Heraion.

Eventually James slowed down. ‘I guess you want to fish then, Lucy?’

Lucy looked around. They were well out to sea. The location looked perfect. ‘Yes, let’s fish, and see who can catch the most.’

Lucy hadn’t done any fishing before and so James took his time taking her over the rod and talking about bait. Lucy became quite interested and when she made her first attempt at casting the line whooped for joy as the weight and hook flew through the air and then plopped into the sea. ‘Nice one, Lucy, you’re a real pro,’ said James as he cast his line; it went flying past where Lucy’s had hit water and just went on and on.

They were quiet for a while as they cast the lines out a few times and wound them back, before sending them out once again. After about half an hour, when they had caught nothing, Lucy started to get distracted and looked around to see where James had put the radio and mobile phone down.

‘Lucy, you’ve got a bite.’ Lucy felt the tug on her rod and, as she wasn’t concentrating fully, she nearly let it fall from her grip. She grabbed hold and braced herself just in time. James put his own rod down and moved in behind Lucy, who was shouting, ‘What do I do, what do I do?’

‘First things first, you calm down.’ James took hold of Lucy’s arms with his hands. ‘Then you pull the rod up gently and then wind in the slack, nice and easy.’ And they did this together. ‘You just keep doing the same; the secret is to keep the pressure on so that the fish doesn’t get a chance to break free.’

After pulling up and winding in the reel four times, Lucy was beginning to think that she must have caught a really big fish. Wow! It could even be a shark! How good would that be!

After winding in about ten times, she saw a flick of silver break the surface momentarily.

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