Tarpon on fly

Fished a shallow-water shoal in the Gulf of Mexico on July 1 with a good friend, Rick Grassett of the Snook Fin-Addict.

We had many shots.

I hooked up in early afternoon and landed a 110-pound after a 33-minute fight. The fish jumped eight times.

Used 12-weight, sinktip line, 25-pound fluoro leader and 80-pound fluoro shock tippet. Fly was a chartreuse Tarpon Toad.

Made about a 75-cast. Led the fish by about 20 feet and let fly sink. When the tarpon swam within a couple of feet, I twitched the fly a couple of times and the fish inhaled it.

Lots of tarpon on the shoals right now.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...UT_TARPON1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...UT_TARPON2.jpg

Wow that looked like a hand full............ Great pic thanx for sharing.....

HAHA I love the look in the fish's eye in the second pic. He's lookin' at that guy like he's about to go ballistic.

Tarpon are such a beautiful fish. I've personally never caught one but when I was a pre-teen my dad caught several and I always thought of them as silver bullets (before Coors was even heard of in TX).

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. :cool:

Jerry