mguerra Posted July 10, 2010 Report Posted July 10, 2010 For any fly fisherman out there, I caught my first tarpon on fly! 100 pounder on 40 lb. leader with an 80 lb bite tippet. 12 wt. Sage Xi2, in 4 ft of water on a sandy flat at "Location X" using a Lenny Moffo Black Death bug. It was my sixth day ever to fly fish for tarpon. 30 minute fight. I didn't want a multi-hour fight so really poured on the pressure, using Stu Apte's techniques. If you have been thinking about throwing a bug at a tarpon, GO DO IT!!!
mguerra Posted July 10, 2010 Author Report Posted July 10, 2010 Guide was busy controlling the mayhem, photos came out crappy.
U2PLT Posted July 10, 2010 Report Posted July 10, 2010 Fly Fishing for Strippers Lake Texoma is great for fly fishing for Stripers. There is a Texas guide you can google about it. Last week he had a customer and they caught several in 9 to 11 pound range. I used to fish for stripers a lot with nothing but artificial lures for several years, have caught several above 20#. But at 81 years old the lose of all cartilage in shoulders my casting days are over.
cruzmisl Posted July 15, 2010 Report Posted July 15, 2010 Re: Fly Fishing for Strippers Lake Texoma is great for fly fishing for Stripers. I usually go to Vegas for that
