Big Mama

[steveooo]

Great fish Avery! Nice to see the vets get into the action. I like the newer ride too!

Rod, I had heard about your fish, but Damn! That thing is huge!

[Tman]

Originally Posted by Rod and Val

That is a nice fish, but some times it pays to sleep in!.

Thread-jackin' lurker...look how many posts he has.

Who is this guy anyway?













And ya did it without your Good Luck charm, that's what makes it more unbelievable...

[Tman]

Originally Posted by swinginFish

Oh young grasshopper ...

What to others may have appeard as a goofed gaff shot, was actually an orchestrated movement I learned directly from the world's most famous kayak angeler. Indeed, as an orphaned lad of 2, I was adopted by a rogue band of Aleutions, raised on penquin beaks and blubber, and tutored in the angling arts by none other than Nanuk himself. While the story's long, I'll make it short and say I was the first relatively-white man to be initiated into an exclusive group of "fish whisperers". To the point, whether I wanted to or not, I spent hours, days and yes, years, working to perfect what is known in an Aleutian dialect as the wottaphuqup maneuver.

When performed by a master, wottaphuqup enables a fish to swim away unharmed, but upon fine inspection, shows that a needle-sharp gaff was swung in such a way as to pierce and separate "the line of death" in its exact middle. That said, I must admit that, like the fictional Zorro, I too choose to mark my quarry, however rather than leave my encountered with a minor flesh wound, purposely swing high so that there's a bit of "bling" to remind them of our chance meeting.

Young friend, I rejoice much in your catching of small fish. But know this. I will, from this time forward, rejoice even more when you too come to perform wottaphuqup like me.

Avery

Great stuff there...esp. the ending...

[jerr-dog]

Tight !!!!

[T12]

wow what a toad !! congrats