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Post by TarponCraz on Apr 24, 2005 9:49:58 GMT 8
LE 20050424All the patience paid off after trying a carp CRAB for several days.  Ouch, sorry for the finger in the gill plate but that was temporary to stop it from hurting itself when struggling  ] Billy, lau Nuah boh.  Nymph still at corner of mouth
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Post by TarponCraz on Apr 24, 2005 9:53:17 GMT 8
Billy, please correct the spelling in the title to read " Carp" instead of carb
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Post by FCUK on Apr 24, 2005 10:11:27 GMT 8
Billy haven't see allady lau-nua liao ;D How I know ? I got photo of Billy lau-nua leh..... Enjoy......  Courtesy of somethingcools.com - cool or not ?  ;D |
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Post by FCUK on Apr 24, 2005 10:15:05 GMT 8
Billy, please correct the spelling in the title to read " Carp" instead of carb No need Billy to correct for you - I can correct for you also what  But my correction on last 24 hours only. OK ?  Enjoy..... ;D |
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2005 11:17:09 GMT 8
LE 20050424Billy, lau Nuah boh.  Yes Uncle Wong. Congratulations on the rare catch. See already buay tahan leh.  Sure lau nuah liow lah. Especially the picture with the nymph still hooked in the mouth. FCUK see already change air ticket date liow. Everything also lua already.  Ya ................. Give that man a Tiger.  Thank you so much for sharing with us. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 24, 2005 11:24:28 GMT 8
Billy haven't see allady lau-nua liao ;D How I know ? I got photo of Billy lau-nua leh..... Courtesy of somethingcools.com - cool or not ? Exactly lah. But not cool lah, SMELLY. Because morning haven't brush teeth yet. So very smelly because I got bad breath. ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by mtshark on Apr 25, 2005 0:21:21 GMT 8
Nice carp! Hi Uncle Wong, care to share what flies do you normally use to target this picky eater? Sometimes they seem to like everything, sometimes, they just cant be bothered... I have not landed one on fly before but a good 18.5lbs on the boga got his back connected to the hooks of my lure. It took me about 25mins before it surrendered to my 8lbs mono on a baitcast outfit. It measured from my feet to up above my waist. It was caught from a suburban lake in Arizona during my stay there. I wish I could go back there again... carps are infesting the waterways there!  |
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Post by TarponCraz on Apr 26, 2005 9:20:48 GMT 8
Wow! 18.5 Lb carp Hooked it on the back somemore. Must have felt like towing by a locomotive! I got it on dragonfly nymph. |
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Post by NickMatthew on Apr 26, 2005 10:47:36 GMT 8
Very nice catch uncle wong... Carp are notoriously difficult to catch on fly... You can see them, you can place your fly at their noses... But they might not even take it. And even if they do... It's absolutely difficult to tell the take... Very very well done! I salute you!
Regards
Nick
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Post by mtshark on Apr 26, 2005 13:10:34 GMT 8
Wow! 18.5 Lb carp Hooked it on the back somemore. Must have felt like towing by a locomotive! I got it on dragonfly nymph. Dragonfly nymph... hmmm... I think I need to work on my vice to whip something up like that too... Sometimes, I just feel like a handicap... I need more fly tying materials... indeed, literally I am a handicap with that cast around my ankle... Thks Uncle Wong! Catch a few more to make us drool somemore. The 18.5lbs carp indeed is a runaway train. I was fighting it in a lobang between 2 standalone houses and properly about 3.5m wide between two fences. The water hole is like the alphabet "J" and I was fishing right at the bottom of the hook at the tip! The fish took line and hit the otherside of the bank where the bend is in less than 10sec. From the tip to the bend, it is a distance of about 70m! My baitcaster was a quarter spooled. My heart was pumping faster each second as if this train was going to make a left turn, I would be fried! On the left bank of the bent, there's a little waterplatform with a very nice 10 men watercraft. The platform is supported by wooden poles sticking into the bed of the fish hole! It is a cut off point for my 8lbs mono!!! Indeed, the fish made a run to the far horizon towards the left plane. I lifted up my rod to judge where the fish was in the water and I could see my line was heading into "cut-off-point". My heart sank while looking at the line inched closer and closer to the watercraft in each passing second. I quickly put my rod tip into the water and try my best to stop the fellow by thumbing the spool and suddenly the line went limp. Argh.... I thought I must have lost it for good at the "cut-off-point". I started bringing the slack and I realised something strange, I was getting almost all my line back! In my mind, a thousand scenarios flashed and I chose to believe that the fish must had made a U-turn and I strongly was not believeing the hook came off. Good grace! The fish was still there at the end of the line! Guess what, the carp made a few more similar runs this time but at a slower pace and I was able to keep the line tight all the time. After a good 25mins on my stop watch, I finally beached it. My t-shirt was wet from the fight in the intense heat of the summer, 45 degrees celius. I got the biggest fish I ever had in USA and also in my life from shore. Almost broke the record last month in salt but the fish got off the hook after its first musical run on my SS700. I'll be back, soon..... ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Qwek on Apr 26, 2005 23:16:18 GMT 8
Great Catch! Mr Wong. Cheers Qwek |
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Post by TarponCraz on Apr 28, 2005 10:09:55 GMT 8
Thank you Quek.
I am on the trails of kalui for my next challenge. Hopefully it wouldn't be long before I connect to one.
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