acirig
Just finished a River Runs Through it!
All,
Was Fluke fishing with my grandfather a week ago in the Mansquan Inlet. The Fluke action was really slow and suddenly small Blues started hitting bait on the top all over the place. I brought my 9' 9wt just in case and was excited to try to get my first salt water catch. It took a few casts, using an intermediate line, with simple silver/blue/white streamer and all of sudden a decent size Blue hit it hard. I must say the fight was awesome (maybe because the first time) but the Blue took out my line twice and jumped before I got it to the boat. The fish was about 18" and very fat. I was actually very lucky because I got him in the side of the mouth where he could not bite through the leader as all I had on was a 22lb leader with no bite gaurd! Anyway, I let him go to fight another day but thought I would relay the story since it was a great experience and while we caught no Fluke keepers, I went home a very happy fisherman! One of those moments that helps define why I love to fly fish.
Was Fluke fishing with my grandfather a week ago in the Mansquan Inlet. The Fluke action was really slow and suddenly small Blues started hitting bait on the top all over the place. I brought my 9' 9wt just in case and was excited to try to get my first salt water catch. It took a few casts, using an intermediate line, with simple silver/blue/white streamer and all of sudden a decent size Blue hit it hard. I must say the fight was awesome (maybe because the first time) but the Blue took out my line twice and jumped before I got it to the boat. The fish was about 18" and very fat. I was actually very lucky because I got him in the side of the mouth where he could not bite through the leader as all I had on was a 22lb leader with no bite gaurd! Anyway, I let him go to fight another day but thought I would relay the story since it was a great experience and while we caught no Fluke keepers, I went home a very happy fisherman! One of those moments that helps define why I love to fly fish.