Glory catch - 03/31/21 02:42 PM
If you are a fisherman you will understand.
If you are not a fisherman it is meaningless.
The tug is the drug. Fisherman will go to great lengths to catch "the fish of a lifetime."
Go all over the world. Buy every piece of gear imaginable.
Boats, rods, reels, waders, boots and on and on.
Fly fisherman can be dedicated to the max. So, can any others who become addicted to fishing.
I started fishing at about five with my father in Pa.
I started my son on a fly rod at about ten. Took him to Alaska, BC, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho.
Now he is grown man and dedicated fly fisherman. He married a singer from Australia. She is half Maori from New Zealand. So, he has fish for trout in New Zealand which is a mecca location for trout.
He has also gone with guides in salt water.
He travels as a caterer for a band (Joe Bonamassa) and his wife Jade sings in the band. Sunday they had a show in Tampa. He did his job and after work booked a guide to go after tarpon.
He fished all day under windy poor conditions from early morning to night. The guide had a family and had to stop. He told my son he could hook him up with his partner for no charge and they could go that night. He went and got a slice of pizza and went back to the dock at 10 pm.
They fished all night. Close to 4 am and ready to give up.
He hooks a tarpon and a fly and it was on.
A 80lb tarpon on a fly is no easy thing to do. It is a catch of a lifetime.
Super happy for him. I have always wanted to do that. In fact he and I went after tarpon in March of 2020. No luck.
He has caught a bunch of big trout and steelhead. Caught some giants in New Zealand.
But this tarpon will be a forever memory.