"Bill Kiene" wrote in message
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This morning @ 8:42 am I land a small 600# Bluefish Tuna on my new Winston
split cane rod. Good thing I opted for the 4 weight and not the 3 weight I
was eyeing first.

I am only guessing on the weight because all I finally got in was the head
which weighed near 200#s. A big shark got my fish because I might have
played it too long?

I was using the new Orvis fluorocarbon 6x tippet which is 47# test with a
12"x #6/0 barbless mackerel imitation. This new FC is the main reason for
my success in hooking the giant fish. I guess you all know by now that if
you don't use FC tippet you will never catch anything over 12" in fresh
water and 5 pounds in salt water.

I was lucky that I did fill my new 1.5 ounce 6" large arbor titanium 3
speed reel with 500 yards of 10# Gel-spun backing. Lucky it had a drag
that is a combination of carbon fiber and Gore-tex blended with silicone
extracts. There is a small radiator inconveniently mounted on the side of
the reel that I think is necessary for fly fishers of my caliber but you
guys will never really need that option.

Conveniently, I was able to borrow some water skis from a person which
enabled me to follow the fish downstream for 17 miles where I beached it
near the confidence of the Sacramento river.

After CNN got down interviewing me I was life flighted in a military
helicopter to a restaurant were Dick Chaney and other were waiting to
congratulate me.

PS: If I was not the best fly caster that has ever lived I would not have
been able to make that 123' reach cast in the firs place.

Later today I will not be available for comment or autograph signings
because I will be in a hot tube in Argentina with some super models,
unnamed to protect their reputation.

(Just another day in the life and times of world famous fly fisher, Bill
Kiene)



Sounds pretty humdrum. Enjoy that hot tube.

--riverman