samson - Fly Angler Australia

On many occasions we copped a pummelling. Picture on of those early blackand white movies of a bare knuckle boxing match with the two heavyweights, ablacksmith and a wharfie, going toe to toe for as many rounds as it took to finishthe job.samsonsinstructive course on knots, rigs and fish fightingtechniques. You wouldn’t dare pull out anythingheavier than a 10kg tippet in Noddy’s presence;he’s a stickler for IGFA line classes so that waswhat we fished with even though they’re not arecognised IGFA species. Rio IFGA Hard monowas my choice. The crucial connection from classtippet to shock tippet (at first a uni knot) failed metwice as I battled to keep these fish from gainingthe reef. I changed to a triple turn surgeon’s knotand that connection did not fail again.We were fishing with Tibor Pacific reels, not for thebacking capacity, but for the huge retrieve rate andthe massive amount of drag you can apply throughthem. Both rods had been tested before the tripand we knew they were capable of breaking 10kilo tippets and we thought we knew how far wecould and couldn’t go.On many occasions we copped a pummelling.Picture one of those early black and white moviesof a bare knuckle boxing match with the twoheavyweights, a blacksmith and a wharfie, goingtoe to toe for as many rounds as it took to finishthe job, neither gaining the upper hand, neitherprepared to give in and neither able to land a reallydecisive blow and you have the broad picture ofhow it felt.It was mostly shallow water and the bottom wasvisible, you could usually see the bommies the fishwere heading for. They also had a nasty tactic ofdiving back under the boat and their first run wasAtrocious table manners made for superb surfacestrikes - until you realised the samson was only tenmetres from freedom and heading straight for it.issue oneaug-oct 06