Rob, Now that you've experienced how much wear and tear billfish put on hooks, flies, leaders, rods, reels, and the fisherman, you can see why I love it so much. Everything is a challenge because it's a potential weak-link, which WILL be exploited by the fish.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "rob poutre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Back from Baja ... > The 2nd Marlin ate a fly I tied on a tandem 7/0 rig > but it was too flimsy. I should have reinforced the > midsection with heavy tape and epoxy or something. > The head was a thread spool hand painted blue and > white with long (12" polar fibre) in white, grey and > dark blue. Not only did he throw it, it was tangled > beyond repair. Plus getting into a Tuna any bigger than 50 > lbs. would be way too much for the 12 wt. > Rob
