On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:01:15 -0500, chas wrote:

daytripper wrote:

Flyfishing shallow-running flies for 'Cudas is a freaking riot, the
way-over-eager missile launch takes can be spectacular!

Landing one is a bonus - and a tricky one at that. I wouldn't want to try
landing a bigger one solo, those teeth are *freaky* huge on a 4+ footer.

I had help with this one, thankfully...
http://home.comcast.net/~day_trippr/...da_at_dock.jpg

/daytripper

That's a nice fish, I'm guessing those are 2x4 deck boards and it's about 30
inches? Twice the fish we managed to land, and even those had me concerned.
When the big one came back towards Glen, he hit for dry land only partly in an
attempt to keep the line tight.

Those are what's left of 2x6 decking atop the dock on a 6" pitch.

http://home.comcast.net/~day_trippr/...da_at_dock.jpg

I'm 77" tall, that fish was over 40" and pushing 20 pounds.

I had no idea cudas that big lived on the ****ant little submerged reef we
were fishing over, the other 20 cudas we caught that morning were all 18-24
inch "axe handles"...

/daytripper (Them's fun, but not fun *and* scary like their granddaddy ;-)