Fat wood shortage?
C&R record steelhead
- Thread starter Brian in OR.
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Not really, 15 foot rod with a 60 foot head and 60 feet of mono running line. Actually pretty average.
Having said that, typically you have to wade so far out to have enough room for your D loop, and have to cast at an angle so far downstream in order to control your swing, that your fly may only be 70 feet from the bank when it starts to fish. Not my cup of tea. I like to wade less and use the length of my rod to control my swing.
I'm no fan of taking pics of wild fish solo. Just too much Fing around. Add some more time to tape the damn thing, and needing to lay it on the rocks for taping and pic taking? Unethical in my opinion. I guess it is better than having to get it on a certified scale though.
As for the casting, far and fine is a solid technique that really works sometimes. With modern lines and rods its not all that hard, just needs some solid technique. I run a 15' leader, 15' rod and a 70 line with integrated running line. You are 100' without and pulls. It can be done in some fairly tight quarters too. If you are fishing the surface and want a nice slow swing you are casting a pretty steep angle anyway. Of course when that afternoon breeze picks up I'm always happy to pick up my compact scandi and start throwing running line!
As for the casting, far and fine is a solid technique that really works sometimes. With modern lines and rods its not all that hard, just needs some solid technique. I run a 15' leader, 15' rod and a 70 line with integrated running line. You are 100' without and pulls. It can be done in some fairly tight quarters too. If you are fishing the surface and want a nice slow swing you are casting a pretty steep angle anyway. Of course when that afternoon breeze picks up I'm always happy to pick up my compact scandi and start throwing running line!
More than I got
That would beat this guy's record, easily.
Looks like a big fish. I don't have any idea as to how it was handled etc. I am not going to speculate. I don't know the guy.
It is kind of fun to google the anglers name.
Once you do "Wham!"
Once you do "Wham!"
Oh I don't doubt that. Just seemed like a weird flex in that situation. Long cast takes are pretty damn fun though!
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Well, chances are I caught my last wild fish on a 200ft cast... With a spoon.
Can I take both flexes please?
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Only if you were wearing a howler bros hat.
You gotta have faith that the fish swam away and lived!
You need to fine tune your googling. Again. Nice try though.
I literally cut and pasted Kyriacos Panayiotou into google and a page of George Michael information was displayed. I know that the names aren't exactly the same but it's good enough for google.
Apparently, Kyriacos Panayiotou the flyfisherman does not have the pop culture clout to overcome Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael) the singer on the google machine. Who woulda thought that?
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I am the least jealous of this record steelhead out of any I have ever seen.
