Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A year long goal, fulfilled.

I've been chasing this particular fish at night since the spring. I've been snubbed by him dozens of times, hooked him twice and let him run me into backing, and let him haunt my dreams.

After months of learning his feeding lane and memorizing his feeding times when the water hits certain temps, it all came together last night in a 25 min fight that had me shin deep in cold water at 10 pm without waders. I couldn't believe I did it with a 6 weight. My adrenaline is still pumping. Great night, great night. Note to self. Carp like egg cluster patterns. A lot.

Posted by Dub The Thorax at 8:13 AM

6 comments:

  1. Joe ChattertonDecember 5, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    Congratulations, I can imagine the immense sense of satisfaction you must be feeling

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    1. Dub The ThoraxDecember 9, 2012 at 7:19 AM

      Yeah, I'm still psyched about it. Thanks for reading :)

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  2. MarkDecember 5, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    Awesome man! To pull it off in December is great. Big fish too. I am glad you found some inspiration from some of our flies. Egg patterns crush carp.

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    1. Dub The ThoraxDecember 9, 2012 at 7:20 AM

      Thanks. Honestly, I used to not pay any attention to them while fishing just because I never thought they'd take flies until I started reading your blog.

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  3. cofisherDecember 5, 2012 at 8:30 PM

    Good going Mike. If I had that kind of perseverance I'd start building fly rods.

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    1. Dub The ThoraxDecember 9, 2012 at 7:20 AM

      Do it Howard! You could call your company "wind knots and tangled 6 weights"

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