On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:04:13 -0800, "bruiser" wrote:

I don't claim to have any skill at all and certainly not in sal****er. It's
nice to be at the stage where you're still easily amused and sal****er
flyfishing is just out of this world.
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I took this picture and one more of the beautiful strong fish:

http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulf...ckCrevalle.jpg

and of course I broke my rod like a dork:

http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/web/rod.jpg

It was over. And although it was a letdown it was a blessing in disguise.
If the rod hadn't broken, I'd have stayed out there forever and Heidi would
have been even less happy in the rough conditions. I got a fish and Heidi
got to go shopping and we had a drink in Key West.

Jason picked us up early after a quick phone call and I assured him that I
wanted to pay him for all day as planned. He drove us back to Key West via
a different route and gave us more of a tour. When he dropped us off I
asked him what I owed him. He said "uhh, bro, let's call it 80. He got
$100 and it was a fantastic deal.

That is so cool (other than the murdered rod ;-)
Good for you!

I've never hooked one of those slab-sided tuna beasts but I've heard they are
a riot. It's great you got one on your own.

cheers!

/daytripper (I gotta start plottin' some way to wet a line before March...)