I've never so much as touched a spey rod, but it's simple physics. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a short fly rod guy. Clearly you can't land a fish that you haven't first presented to and hooked....
Of course, it's more important to learn to use the butt of the rod and lean on fish...
What I meant was that using a super long rod to fight a HUGE fish is certainly no advantage to the angler over a stiff 5-6' boat rod.
Gene
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 1:33:51 PM UTC-5, Yambag Nelson wrote:
Have you ever caught a fish on a spey rod? Much easier to land a fish than on a single in my opinion. Other than the logistics of grabbing it...
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 1:20:56 PM UTC-5, TurbineBlade wrote:Looks very, very similar to how everyone here catches shad in the spring using sinking lines. I guess there are various rules when it comes to posting records. If it were me, I wouldn't care about an official record and just be forever happy I caught such a nice fish.Long fly rods are already terrible rods for fighting and landing fish based upon simple leverage. I mean, they're (long rods) easier to cast that way but give a lot of advantage to the fish. He'd be cheating much more (to me) if he had caught it with lead trolling line off a downrigger (short) boat rod with a fly reel on it or something.Just my take.Gene
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 1:09:46 PM UTC-5, Jeff Silvan wrote:My very official unofficial opinion is that the entry will get disqualified for being caught with equipment that violates IGFA rules. The regulations state the butt of the rod may extend no more than 6 inches from the center of the reel on single handed rods, and no more than 10 inches on two-handed spey rods. From the video, it looks like the butt section is at least 16 inches, if not more. Heck, the butt is just about in his armpit when he's gripping the rod right in front of the reel.On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Parker <pacl...@gmail.com> wrote:There is a video of the catch and it is definitely a funky looking rod, but appears to be legit. https://vimeo.com/--145483311
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 10:39:15 AM UTC-5, Andy Thomas wrote:The orvis blog posted this story as well. Appears kind of cheating to me though. If you take a closer look at the "fly rod", it's actually just a metal pole with a fly reel taped to it. Judging from the background, they were likely just deep trolling with a fly attached to a metal pole. Not exactly what we've come to know as fly fishing.
On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 9:27:37 AM UTC-5, Aaron O wrote:Minnesota man caught a record 57 inch 50 pound Muskie on a fly. Check out the article.
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