Slates
13-03-2002, 02:29 PM
G'day all!
Not the most glamerous of all species, but they're here and sometimes we snag one larger than normal.
Here I was minding my own business flicking a Tom Jones on the banks of lake Moddewarre (near Moriac/Geelong in Vic) for a trout when this big fat gasper grabed the fly. :-X
"In the red corner - weighing in at 9.16 kg, measuring 70 cm in length, 74 cm around the guts and wearing the golden scaly trunks - Mr. E.Carp!"
He took me to about 5 winds of backng on the reel and about 40 minutes fight/tug-o-war.
Anyway, I figured this honker deserved a weigh in at the club (I'm in an ANSA club) since you get a few poins for big fish on light gear and I'd only ever weighed one fish in during 5 years membership! :-[
As it turns out, the fish was a pending ANSA Australian flyfishing record on 2 kg tippet! :o
Not really the way you'd like to introduce yourself to other Australian record holders, but beggers can't be choosers and I'll take it... # ;D
Anyway, here it is....
Cheers, Slates
PS: the gear is a 6wt GL3 Loomis with a GPX line and 2kg leader.
Not the most glamerous of all species, but they're here and sometimes we snag one larger than normal.
Here I was minding my own business flicking a Tom Jones on the banks of lake Moddewarre (near Moriac/Geelong in Vic) for a trout when this big fat gasper grabed the fly. :-X
"In the red corner - weighing in at 9.16 kg, measuring 70 cm in length, 74 cm around the guts and wearing the golden scaly trunks - Mr. E.Carp!"
He took me to about 5 winds of backng on the reel and about 40 minutes fight/tug-o-war.
Anyway, I figured this honker deserved a weigh in at the club (I'm in an ANSA club) since you get a few poins for big fish on light gear and I'd only ever weighed one fish in during 5 years membership! :-[
As it turns out, the fish was a pending ANSA Australian flyfishing record on 2 kg tippet! :o
Not really the way you'd like to introduce yourself to other Australian record holders, but beggers can't be choosers and I'll take it... # ;D
Anyway, here it is....
Cheers, Slates
PS: the gear is a 6wt GL3 Loomis with a GPX line and 2kg leader.