Paul Barkers 15lb Mackeral Tuna on fly. Back when heavy rods had to be home made & reels did not have drags. #10 line, Grizzly Blank & Daiwa 254 reel. - GFFpix - share your best flyfishing pictures - Global FlyFisher

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Paul Barkers 15lb Mackeral Tuna on fly. Back when heavy rods had to be home made & reels did not have drags. #10 line, Grizzly Blank & Daiwa 254 reel.


Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia,

Submitted by: Dave Cook

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From: Dave Cook · djcook·at·spacelink.com.au  Link
Submitted September 4th 2005

Paul & I chased several schools of these fish from a 12' punt for weeks to perfect the technique. We caught many fish up to 17lb on tippets down to 6lb. Paul took the cover photo with a borrowed a 2 1/4" square camera. This took an hour to set up. In the meantime the tide had gone out and I had to simulate wavelets with buckets of water.


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From: Martin Joergensen · martin·at·globalflyfisher.com  Link
Submitted September 3rd 2005

That's nostalgia for you! A really nice picture, actually. I gather that you didn't take it yourself, Dave?



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