The place the Sulby river Isle Of Man, time September 2000, the river was in flood and we had a good run of sea trout and salmon, I was fishing my favourite rod a 7ft carbon fibre spinning rod , with 10lbs line, my bait was 2 good lob worms, ( WE ONLY USE SMALL RODS ON OUR RIVERS IN THE ISLE OF MAN) I cast out into a nice run and I just lifted my rod a little and I thought dam  hit a snag, then the snag started to move  I then put on a little pressure and bingo whole hell let loose, the fish screamed line off my reel and shot off down river like a bat out of hell, not being as nimble as I used to be I struggled to get to the bank, just about made it when my friend took the rod off me and held the fish while I got onto firm ground, the fish did everything but I was determined to land this one as I could tell it was a good fish, I fought the fish for about 10 to 12mins, then my friend did a good job of netting it, it was a beauty, a 10 lb 3oz sea trout fresh as they come full of sea lice, then I noticed it had had a narrow escape from a seal as it had teeth marks about 2 in from the tail, but I was very glad the seal had missed his lunch and I had caught the best sea trout of my life, and my wife and I have had some very good meals, and I have some happy memories.       Frank