32 inches of Silver |
one June evening |
I thought Chichester harbour had a seal problem! |
Does this look familiar? |
Dan Merritt with a good striper |
From Butt to second guide ring ! |
Testing the kit to it's max |
School Bass ! |
8 wt / Vosseller / Depth Charge / result |
First fish - Nice start! |
Second fish - what a welcome to the Connecticut coastline. |
Getting hooked in October |
Nice Blue Mr Stuart! |
Even bigger blue Mr Anwyl |
Definately on the bite! |
False Albacore - Unbelievable strength |
Loomis 10 wt taking the strain! |
Hungry like the wolf! |
Doubling up! |
Getting in a couple of hours before the flight home! |
Hitting a shoal off the beach |
Orvis LA Battenkills and Helios rods resting in their racks between workouts! |
Getting the blues off the beach. |
What a beach |
So much water, too little time. |
Jonathan Webster with a 20lb Striper - if only they were over here! |
Albacore are "Go" ! |
Look carefully and the sea is alive with Striper Bass! |
32" of early morning muscle.... |
Dr Barton getting pulled by a good Albacore....! |
Montauk madness... |
Almost out of braid...! |
Big blue for Dylan Morgan & Orvis 10 wt ZG |
One of 25 Stripers that morning.... |
Beulah 10 wt plus Van Staal C-Vex getting to grips with the first of three Albi's |
Number 2 |
Tripling up on False Albacore... |
First light at Niantic marina on day 1. |
Nice start for Patrick Muir |
The race........... |
Getting pulled,,,,,,again! |
Patrick lost count after No. 50 came in...! |
An easy day on the salt ponds... |
They just keep coming.......! |
Perfect start and pure platinum... |
Hang on Chris Stuart....... |
Southern New England in September..... |
Mystic town. |
That's a big blue Chris...... |
Fishing the streams..... |
That's a first Pat....... |
You can't eat 4 Pizza,,,, can you? |
Now that is 40 inches of Striper!! |
What a lump!.... |
Watch Hill - Connecticut USA |
Keeping watch over Knappatree Point |
Home to the NASDAQ billionaires! |
Eastern Seaboard surf.... |
Ken Perry guiding Chris Stuart and Pat Muir |
Striper school bass..! |
Nice Striper on 10 wt ZG & density compensating sinker... |
And another...... |
And yet another....! |
Dan Woods putting us in the zone... |
Getting bigger...... |
It's only 7.30am....! |
Fin perfect power. |
Chris Stuart taking a break from the blitz... |
Got a bite Dylan!! |
Deceived by an Olive deceiver.... |
Here we go again... |
Double figured blue... |
ZG 10 wt , Battenkil LA & density compensating sinker = bite! |
Blues on the bite... |
Not the best day to put your fingers in the water...! |
Hooked..! |
Just hang on....! |
Patrick Muir enjoying New England hospitality. |
False Albacore - pure power. |
First Triple for Cheryl....well done. |
Junk yard dogs....... |
Doubled up.....! |
The birds are up...! |
Full compression....! |
10 wt Helios doing the job... |
Big blue on Deceivers and Tyger wire.... |
It's been 15 minutes Chris,,, what are you waiting for ? |
Now I understand what's taking you so long! |
The last Bass of the trip.....roll on 2009. |
