Possible Clues:

• The fish - he is hidden in the seaweed
• Mix-up
• Snarl, seeing no good in the story
• A T-junction? What a mess!
• Make a mess of a T-square, perhaps
• Fishing line fiasco
• Trap insect round margins of lake
• The first fish can do this to fishing line
• Charging cord fiasco
• Complication in theorist's first opinion