Well the angling gods smiled on me today. I hooked and landed a tarpon from the Adios. Man it was a treat. One of those special angling moments you just don’t forget. At one point I fought it standing up; while the tarpon towed the kayak along. What a wild feeling. My heart was in my mouth. After taking me for a few rides, the Silver King dove under the Adios several times, spinning me like a top.
If I guess the weight I’ll be wrong. So all I’ll venture is that was 36-40″ in length. Fabulous fight on an 8-weight fly rod. What fly? The tarpon took a sparse, chartreuse,size 1#, half-half. He trashed it and twisted the hook. Brother, I deserve a whiskey tonight.
Yea Baby. Enjoy your Bourbon tonight Ed. Thanks for sharing this with us up north. Ran into Jeff Passante a week ago. He says hello. told him to google your site.
Hey Gary,
I did enjoy it. Those rolling tarpon have been a trip. Now if I could figure out how to hook more of them? I imagine Jeff is back from Arizona to do some trout fishing. Hope all is well up north.
Ed
Marvelous. Nothing like the ride. Is that picture of the tarpon jumping yours??
Off to Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Tourney next week—of course the Fly Division.
Best.
Jack
Jack,
Yes, I’m connected to that one. Rod in my left, camera in my right. Got off a lucky shot, without falling off the board! Let me know how the Tourney goes.
Ed