Kib Bramhall holds the MV Derby flyrod record with a bass in the mid-40s. Brad tells me he was fishing next to him out at Gay Head the night he caught it, and the fish were thick. Bramhall had the fish on a long time, and was tying up a lot of the beach, so Brad waded out with a gaff and stuck the fish---apparently annoying Bramhall no end. But, as Kib stands about 5'6" in waders, and Brad was 6'3" and over 400 lbs at the time, Bramhall didn't have much to say about it
Last year at MV, there was only one keeper bass weighed in the flyrod division for the Derby, by Kevin Hearn. Tim S had a bunch between 30" and 33-3/4" (Derby minimum was 34") and couldn't stretch out that last quarter inch to nail down second place. One morning running in from Chappy, we found some monsters feeding on peanuts right in the wash near the lighthouse. Tim had one in the 25-30 pound range on, but lost it due to a bent hook.
A 50 on the fly is an achievement. Something that shouldn't be joked about if not true.
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