A couple weeks ago Owen, a.k.a. "Piscineidiot", joined the Fiberglass Flyrodders forum and he shared these images in his first post of the "locals" that he's been tangling with on a fiberglass fly rod in Queensland, Australia.
Owen wrote... "I just recently acquired my first ever fiberglass flyrod...a 6'6" Eagleclaw Featherlight which is a 4/5 weight. It's not the best rod in the world, but it suits my purposes perfectly. The first fish I caught on it were archerfish (the ones that spit at bugs above the water), and they were fun, but there's another species we get around here that I always thought would be a hoot on the glass...the milkfish. They fight much harder than most things swimming about and live in the saltwater. When hooked up, they really bend the fiberglass rods."
I am giving Owen extra credit style points for putting a serious bend on and doing this with an Eagle Claw Featherlight. So damn cool.
Owen wrote... "I just recently acquired my first ever fiberglass flyrod...a 6'6" Eagleclaw Featherlight which is a 4/5 weight. It's not the best rod in the world, but it suits my purposes perfectly. The first fish I caught on it were archerfish (the ones that spit at bugs above the water), and they were fun, but there's another species we get around here that I always thought would be a hoot on the glass...the milkfish. They fight much harder than most things swimming about and live in the saltwater. When hooked up, they really bend the fiberglass rods."
I am giving Owen extra credit style points for putting a serious bend on and doing this with an Eagle Claw Featherlight. So damn cool. 
2 comments:
Wow, that sure is a nice looking fish! I've never heard of that species before. But then, I've never fished in salt water either.
Nate...I never knew milkfish hung out in Australian neighborhoods.
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