Don't touch! That is exactly what Jay heard the other day while out fishing, to bad the instruction came a little to late. Jay had the opportunity to get out on the Fly river to try his hand at reeling in a big one, while he enjoyed himself, he didn't catch the big one, but learned a big lesson (a little bit the hard way).
Finding his hook stuck in the weeds after a cast he stuck his hand in to see if he could free it, just too late, one of the national men that was fishing with him said "don't touch that plant it is poisonous!" After Jay quickly removed his hand John Timothy went about removing Jay's hook for him.
Nothing more was thought of it until the next evening when a blister began to form on his hand and what he had originally thought was a bit of a sun burn began to get worse! Over the next few days the area of his hand that had just brushed up against the leaves in the river became very inflamed, blistery and sore.
Finding his hook stuck in the weeds after a cast he stuck his hand in to see if he could free it, just too late, one of the national men that was fishing with him said "don't touch that plant it is poisonous!" After Jay quickly removed his hand John Timothy went about removing Jay's hook for him.
Nothing more was thought of it until the next evening when a blister began to form on his hand and what he had originally thought was a bit of a sun burn began to get worse! Over the next few days the area of his hand that had just brushed up against the leaves in the river became very inflamed, blistery and sore.
Jay's hand after a few days of healing
We were feeling badly about what the other gentleman's hand must look like, however when Jay saw him later in the week he was unscathed. It helps to know what you are doing, he had avoided the leaves and only touched the stem.
Puts new meaning in the expression, "being rubbed the wrong way"!
Mel for the Marshes
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