Who sez ya can't catch 'em big??

been seriously jonesing for another tropical fly fishing trip like i had in Belize in '02. (thanks, Allen)

one of my favorite salt sites is for the magazine " Fly Fishing in Saltwaters"..

polepole had once mentioned a trip some place warm and with big trevally.... and tonight, this one showed up on the site;

http://forums.flyfishinsalt.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=13376

that's 85lbs of exhausted formerly pissed off muscle he's hoisting...

Rich,
 
This is the last Ulua I caught back home. 62 lbs
 
On Guam we call them Ma'mulan.

Dang!  That beast must have put up one heck of a fight!
 
-Spot-

Mark, i kno that on medium spinning gear they pull like a freight train.... biggest i've been able to hook and get near the boat before it went unbuttoned probably went 25lbs, and  my arms were wet noodles after wards for a bit.....just imagine what one would be like  on a fly rod. probably one of the longest and best fights ever...

Dino, sometimes, youngster, i gotta envy you... that easily dwarfs anything i've caught in recent years....

Spot,

It took about 45 minutes to reel him in and I had to run 150 yards along the cliff line in the dark to avoid getting him stuck in the rocks.  The real fight was the 2.5 hr hike back to my truck in the pouring rain carrying (2) 12' Rods, 20 lbs of gear (we used 12oz sinkers) and all I had to carry the bugger was a back pack. His head was barely in the bag and I had to tie 2 pieces of rope from his tail to the right and left sides of my waste to help keep it balanced. BUT WELL WORTH IT!

Rich,

Don't you just love that about these fish! The biggest I caught on my 8' 6" Gloomis spinning rod with my old Stradic 4000FG back home was just over 20 lbs, but it was a Horse Eye Jack (Trevally). But, I also caught 12 lbs Blue Fin Jack (Trevally) that fought harder than Horse Eye Jack. The Giant White and Blue Fin Jacks are the hardest fighting of all the Jacks IMO. Yours must have been GW or BF if you hooked him while on a boat. Damn I miss fishing for Jacks! I really want to go to Hawaii or Mexico and try fishing for them.

Dino, does Guam also happen to have bonefish and flats fishing??

I really want to go to Hawaii or Mexico and try fishing for them.

Hah!  We run away from jacks in Mex.  Well, sort of.  Jack Crevalle (aka Toro!) are a PITA.  Great fighters, not good eating.  That's usually what one thinks of in Mex when one says jacks.  But then again, Roosterfish (in the jack family) are sought after.  Great fishers, not good eating.  Why is it that they are sought after other than they be pretty?  Yellowtail jacks are sought after.  Great fighters, great eating.  Amberjacks?  Got them too!  Cocinero (barred jacks), small inshore, fish 'em like papios.  Use them as bait!!!

Nothing like a GT though.  Serve me up one of thise anyday.  Don't got these in Mex.

-Allen

 On a trip to Christmas Island several years ago I went through 5 fly lines as the GT's would run around every rock they could and shred the line. I don't think that anything pulls harder than a big GT.

this one is a year old but what the heck....

wolverine, what brand flyline would you recommend for GTs there on Christmas? Now that polepole and Boogie have gotten the wrinkles ironed out on their end, i'm starting to get the adventure fishing bug again...and yeh i know i could have gone there another way, i just like these guys company.