6-17-21 PC report

Lots of kayaks on the water today which is always fun to see.  Started off catching lots of rockfish on flies.  That came to an abrupt halt when I hooked into a big fish that went under my kayak and I ended up snapping my fly rod in half and the fish got away.

I switched to gear and caught a few under lings before hooking into this beast of a lingcod.  Biggest lingcod so far.  43.25” and 30 lbs. when the wind picked up I decided to call it a day.

That is a VERY nice fish. You only need one of those to fill the freezer...

Nice job!  That ling is a beast!

Mark

Great fish.  Loving the pics.  Sorry about the rod, but you're probably going to win a replacement.    What line wt was it?

Do you usually carry another rod as a backup to the fly rod when you fish the salt?

Great fish.  Loving the pics.  Sorry about the rod, but you're probably going to win a replacement.    What line wt was it?

Do you usually carry another rod as a backup to the fly rod when you fish the salt?

The one that broke was an 8wt.  I also had a 10wt for backup that I usually am using when targeting lingcod.  It felt like a lingcod on the line when it broke.  I guess I’ll see how good Orvis guarantee is.

Man that is a beast of a Lingcod! Nice job!

Keep up the great fly work and that beauty of a rod from Moonshine will most likely be yours! Hopefully Orvis will cover that rod anyway.

Way to go man, you gotta frame a picture of that one and the one with a 17 inch rockfish wedged in its mouth, the place them proudly on the cabin wall! Congratulations on the ling, that’s karma making up for the rod breakage.

I guess I’ll see how good Orvis guarantee is.

I tested their 25 year warranty last year on some user error damage.  They fixed it for $60 shipping/handling.  Took about 4 months.  I hope now that we're moving past COVID they are faster for you.

Absolute TANKER of a ling! Well done!

what a feesh!!!  Way to go!

Funny that with all them kayaks nobody else posted up there catch🤔

Maybe fish sixmze envy issues 😂😆

Beast! 

Absolute amazing Ling!

That'll do, James.  That'll do.  You definitely deserve the grin on your face.

I'm sorry to hear you broke a rod.  Orvis made good on their warranty for my Recon, but like snopro said, they took their sweet time.

(I think you need a bigger catch bag.)

Fly guys rule! Way to go James.