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[Sea Dangles]

Great photo,front page material.

[tynan19]

Zacs, Awesome!

[schoolie monster]

Bigbo, that drives me nuts too. I mean, it doesn't really bother me, but he's right, its just showing, "hey, I got this fish on a fly rod"... I just think its dorky

I catch a few on the flyrod each year myself and I understand wanting to get the rod in the pic (if its a good fish like that one), but would probably stop short of holding it in my mouth. I see the pose alot when checking reports in FL.

Just don't put your sabiki rod in your mouth when you get a big herring (in 3 years)... the scales don't taste good.

Zacs, that's a great looking boat. Looks really versatile... not too huge, but looks like it will handle some big water. Good luck with it.

[Roger]

The pose is not so much to show that it was a flyrod caught fish as it is a convenient way to hold the rod when your hands are full with the fish. Not many people want to leave a $1000 of rod, reel and line loose in the bottom of the boat (or in the surf) while trying to quickly get a pic and get the fish back in the water.

A pose that makes a good shot might be for the photographer to lay the rod in the crook of his arms, take the pic, then grab the rod again for the angler.

I agree that the rod in teeth looks goofy. I also think it's a nice fish.