Bill P. reported: >Well my little 7 1/2 ft. feather light eagle claw did great as usual. 35+ >fish in 2 hours is a >lot of fun.
Hmmm. My last fish of the day 8/30/02 was a cutthroat just under 19 inches. It took well over twenty minutes to bring him in (Powell 3-weight, #16 Quigley, 6x tippet). For much of the tussle I thought he was much bigger, and was actually half-considering the possibility that he might end up on my wall as a first-time trophy. <g> Turned out he was foul-hooked in the throat, across the leading edges of both gill covers; (not a bad wound, no blood, and he seemed to swim away okay upon release). The idea of 35+ fish of that sort makes my wrist hurt just to think about it (one reason why he was the last fish of the day!) Still, I would indeed like to have your pattern. Meantime, maybe I'll mount the Quigley. DanW
