10-24-2008, 06:56 PM
Dryrod, I never get bored playing fish on a flyrod.
I haven't fished the flats near enough to even get moderately good at it. But that's why we have guides and outfitters.
Last time, out of Marathon, the guide put me on a 25 pound permit at 7:30 in the morning. We then covered, must have been 200, tarpon. They weren't interested.
They didn't spook. They'd just continue on their line until almost reaching the fly, then swim around it.
Meanwhile, the guide kept apologizing. And I kept saying, "you kidding. We could have returned to the dock at 7:45 and it would have been a great day.
Meanwhile (he said, looking around cautiously), while bones are fun, in my experience they're not the fish they've been made out to be. Of course, I've never caught one bigger than 3 pounds, either. And the could make the difference.
Brook
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I haven't fished the flats near enough to even get moderately good at it. But that's why we have guides and outfitters.
Last time, out of Marathon, the guide put me on a 25 pound permit at 7:30 in the morning. We then covered, must have been 200, tarpon. They weren't interested.
They didn't spook. They'd just continue on their line until almost reaching the fly, then swim around it.
Meanwhile, the guide kept apologizing. And I kept saying, "you kidding. We could have returned to the dock at 7:45 and it would have been a great day.
Meanwhile (he said, looking around cautiously), while bones are fun, in my experience they're not the fish they've been made out to be. Of course, I've never caught one bigger than 3 pounds, either. And the could make the difference.
Brook
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