View Full Version : Great white caught with fly rod
trollmiester
07-24-2009, 06:39 AM
Yes a fly fishing rep caught one localy.Someone can put the video up from yahoo.com.real cool.The angler was from camarillo and caught of la jollio.
DCCTrouserTrout
07-24-2009, 07:14 AM
That's pretty crazy...
smokinflies
07-24-2009, 08:33 AM
the angler's name is jeff patterson and he was fishing with the master fly fisher conway bowman.
jeff was out testing out a reel for Abel Reels when he hooked into the great white.
here's the story:
Top This: Great White Shark Caught on a Fly
Leave it to my buddy and Fly Talk regular Conway Bowman to spice things in the fishing world up with yet another feat from the ragged edge...
This time, Con Man (Mr. Mako Shark Fishing from a Kayak) skippered Jeff Patterson of Abel Reels to what must be the holy grail of "out there" angling accomplishments--hooking and landing a great white shark on a fly rod.
The action unfolded a few days ago. Fishing 5 miles off San Diego, the duo chummed in a shark and cast a foot-long streamer fly at it... the shark ate it, and bolted away on a scorching 275-yard run. The ensuing fight lasted 25 minutes. Only when they got it near the boat did Bowman realize the shark wasn't one of his customary makos, but a juvenile great white, estimated at 6 feet long and 150 pounds.
It's believed to be the first and only fly-caught great white off the California coast. Bowman has been guiding these waters for over 15 years and has only seen a couple great whites. He has never caught one.
Gear: Scott 15-weight rod; Abel Super 13 reel; Rio Leviathan 550 grain line.
So who's next? Anyone gonna top that one? If there's a more bad(apple) fly fishing challenge out there, I'd like to know about it...
Deeter
http://www.fieldandstream.com/files/imagecache/photo-article-left/photo/12/Great+White.jpg
Troutman65
07-24-2009, 11:06 AM
:Shocked: that is amazing :Cool:
sansou
07-24-2009, 11:19 AM
Wow!
15wt, 550 grain line! Spey type probably too... Try false casting with that!
DarkShadow
07-25-2009, 01:37 PM
15wt, 550 grain line! Spey type probably too... Try false casting with that!
Hmm.
Yeah, what he said.
City Dad
07-25-2009, 02:40 PM
feh... anyone can catch fish on a streamer.
Now, when the first guy catches a great white on a size .00001 parachute fur seal, then that'll be something to talk about.