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Godspeed Adachi Clouser! You were responsible for eight more to 22” this morning, including some from the instant surface blitz that erupted around the rowboat within seconds of launching, before the loop parted ways. Your backup got a couple more before I called it a morning. I guess ~35 fish is too much to ask for 14lb fluoro; next time I’ll check more closely for damage. Should’ve guessed the knot was gonna be hurting considering what my lipping thumb looks like. You were looking pretty haggard after all those fish but they kept biting so I kept throwing. My plan was to put you on the wall of fame but a burial at sea is appropriate. You died doing what I loved.


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Godspeed Adachi Clouser! You were responsible for eight more to 22” this morning, including some from the instant surface blitz that erupted around the rowboat within seconds of launching, before the loop parted ways. Your backup got a couple more before I called it a morning. I guess ~35 fish is too much to ask for 14lb fluoro; next time I’ll check more closely for damage. Should’ve guessed the knot was gonna be hurting considering what my lipping thumb looks like. You were looking pretty haggard after all those fish but they kept biting so I kept throwing. My plan was to put you on the wall of fame but a burial at sea is appropriate. You died doing what I loved.


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Hell yeah man!!!! You love to see it!
 
Godspeed Adachi Clouser! You were responsible for eight more to 22” this morning, including some from the instant surface blitz that erupted around the rowboat within seconds of launching, before the loop parted ways. Your backup got a couple more before I called it a morning. I guess ~35 fish is too much to ask for 14lb fluoro; next time I’ll check more closely for damage. Should’ve guessed the knot was gonna be hurting considering what my lipping thumb looks like. You were looking pretty haggard after all those fish but they kept biting so I kept throwing. My plan was to put you on the wall of fame but a burial at sea is appropriate. You died doing what I loved.


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good candidate for OKeefes working hands lotion...
 
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Accounted for 3 full on hookups today....sadly, zero ended up in my net.

So I guess it still hasn't caught me a fish...damn muskies...being muskies.
 
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I don't have a pic as I never take phone in canoe, but I caught a fair number of Largemouth Bass on a Purple Haze Dun last week. I saw a dark Mayfly in the air which I believed to be a Slate Drake (Isonychia) so I tied on a #12 Purple Haze. One of the Bass was in the 2lb plus range which is large for New England ponds. This was the first time I ever took bass on a Purple Haze; Many trout/salmon, but never a Bass.
 
Congratulations, this is one I dream of myself. How was the fight?? Thank you for sharing
It was so awesome. That fish was STRONG. The take was very much an ambush predator take where it smacked the fly with malice. And the fight reminded me of a chinook in the sense that it just hugged the bottom and pulled relentlessly. 10/10 would recommend.

The only downside is that I’ve done so badly fishing lately that I was stressed as hell about getting it netted. I knew if it got away I was gonna have a huge hissy fit.
 
It was so awesome. That fish was STRONG. The take was very much an ambush predator take where it smacked the fly with malice. And the fight reminded me of a chinook in the sense that it just hugged the bottom and pulled relentlessly. 10/10 would recommend.

The only downside is that I’ve done so badly fishing lately that I was stressed as hell about getting it netted. I knew if it got away I was gonna have a huge hissy fit.
I know that feeling of NEEDING to land this fish. Pure desperation!! Really gets the adrenaline rolling.
 
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