The lucky last cast....

[tangledspool]

Woke up early this morning and went to the river....
7 am...nothing , 8 am...nothing, 9.... nothing 10.....nothing...
10.30:
OK last cast and get the hell out of here....
wohoooooo

A close up of that Big and professional smile:

dunno how many pounds but it was heavy as a buffalo...12 maybe? who cares! that was fun!

 

[ChaseChrome]

Nice smiley-faced buck my man...​

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AND ON THE FLY ROD!!!​

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but an egg sac​

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kudos anyway bro​

cc​

 

[tangledspool]

Nice smiley-faced buck my man...​

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AND ON THE FLY ROD!!!​

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but an egg sac​

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kudos anyway bro​

cc​

LOL!! the eggs .
yaaa..at that point I was so frustrated for being trying everything in my arsenal with no luck.. that I thought what the heck let's give the eggs a shot.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[float^drifter]

LOL!! the eggs .
yaaa..at that point I was so frustrated for being trying everything in my arsenal with no luck.. that I thought what the heck let's give the eggs a shot.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

the secret bait never fails :mrgreen: nice fish!

 

[ChaseChrome]

LOL!! the eggs .
yaaa..at that point I was so frustrated for being trying everything in my arsenal with no luck.. that I thought what the heck let's give the eggs a shot.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Brother you come out with me next time...the above response..."Mr. Secret Bait" got out fished by Mr. fly last weekend...

 

[float^drifter]

"Mr. Secret Bait" got out fished by Mr. fly last weekend..

Negative! not me haha

 

[Ridx]

Nice fish! Gotta love it when you get one on the "last cast" Awhile back I was out with my son doing some spinning for pike. We wern't having much success and he was bugging to go home so i said last cast and as soon as my rap hit the water a nice sized pike smashed it. Couldn't leave after that and he was excited after watching me land one. Ended up landing 4 more and he got his first pike ever.

Good times!

 

[Knuguy]

LOL!! the eggs .
yaaa..at that point I was so frustrated for being trying everything in my arsenal with no luck.. that I thought what the heck let's give the eggs a shot.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

That's a combination I have been intending to try. I don't have a centerpin. I've done a little float fishing with a spin reel but it's a bit awkward. As I see it, on smaller rivers such as the Bighead the fly rod with roe or worm would cast far enough and could be drifted downstream w/o a float. I've caught specks that way many years ago with a worm.

 

[chris f]

last cast or not great fish you got

 

[Rain-Bow]

Nice tail on that fish.

Edit: holy smokes I just realized how big that fish is :shock:

 

[Brian]

Thats a nice buck there...I would love to hook one like that on the fly rod....
soon...very soon...

 

[AaronKrick]

Nice fish! Glad to see the fly rod

 

[Dozer]

That is one big steelie

 

[LostAnotherOne]

Nice pick. Thats just proof you can never have your line in the water enough. Im jealous

 

[odoyle]

That. Is one big fish dude !!!! Kudos

 

[jlisk]

I dub this fish "paddletail"...

Seriously the tail on that thing looks like it could lay a smack down on ya.

Nice fish.