Alaska Arolik River (Mini Version)

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:28:25 -0700, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

After about 30 minutes, it
seemed like taming a wild horse, but not without a great fight.

Why would you want to play a 4 pound trout for 30 minutes? That just
isn't the way it should be done. Lee Wulff had a formula - a pound a
minute. Sounds reasonable to me. I landed 10 pound rainbows in
alaska in under 10 minutes and it wasn't because I was using light
tackle - I used the necessary tackle to land such fish in a reasonable
time, without undue stress on the fish. If you insist on 6 x tippet,
why not use a 1 weight rod?

Other than that, nice report, Tom. I just got back from Labrador and
had a great time with 5 pound brookies on 4x tippet, landing and
releasing about 40 fish every day.

Dave