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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Moha is my man…..

      https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxPQBIqgrnPrxVRwLMvAOcA

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • Clint_DC
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        @Giles:

        @goosehd:

        I grabbed a picture from their page and hope to see you holding a similar catch.

        That's actually quite small for Morocco…..The rod I had bought for the trip is a "Big Tuna 73 - Japan Special", it will cope with BFT to 200kgs....Now, of course, I won't be able to, but that's not really the point  🙂 🙂 🙂

        I'm assuming you'll be running the Daiwa Saltiga 20000H with that rod?  66 lbs of drag is no joke!!

        ATX IH Hoarder

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        • GilesG
          Giles
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          Yep, exactly.

          As I said to a mate this morning, This will be my setup…..

          Big Tuna 73 - Japan Special
          Saltiga 20000H
          PE10
          Ibuprofen

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          • goosehdG
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            I like how you slid the Ibuprofen into your list… 🙂

            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            • Bfd70B
              Bfd70
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              Anyone do any Tenkara rod fishing?

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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                I have a Tenkara, not used it yet….

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • Bfd70B
                  Bfd70
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                  Which model did you go with?

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    Not even sure, I was given it by a good friend….

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • GilesG
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                      I had a days bass guiding with a friend yesterday.  We started at 6:30 and finished at 20:30. Walked 30K steps (much of it thigh-deep in water).  I am suitably knackered.

                      An amazing day, we learnt an awful lot about watercraft, caught fish and missed some topwater takes, feet away from the rod tip by very large fish.

                      An amazing day, and now I have a few more spots that I know how to fish and at what state of tide…

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • jordanscollectedJ
                        jordanscollected
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                        That sounds like exactly what you needed to increase your fishing luck/skill combo

                        world tours:
                        888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                        Mad Red x2
                        Wabidashery

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                        • goosehdG
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                          @Giles Have you noticed the fish acting unusual in your area?  This may explain why…

                          https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210716-why-fish-are-becoming-addicted-to-illegal-drugs

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          • GilesG
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                            Ha, yeah, they're harder to catch….

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • mclaincauseyM
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                              Depends on your bait, I'd reckon 😉

                              Think it, be it.

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                              • Matty123M
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                                @Giles:

                                I had a days bass guiding with a friend yesterday.  We started at 6:30 and finished at 20:30. Walked 30K steps (much of it thigh-deep in water).  I am suitably knackered.

                                An amazing day, we learnt an awful lot about watercraft, caught fish and missed some topwater takes, feet away from the rod tip by very large fish.

                                An amazing day, and now I have a few more spots that I know how to fish and at what state of tide…

                                that’s great giles

                                Maybe so. Maybe not

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                                • Bfd70B
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                                  Bass on a fly from a drift boat. They were practically fighting to get in the net.

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    All set up and ready to go…

                                    Walking to the creek, it's on the left, inboard of the ocean…

                                    The route through the mangroves…

                                    And I think I got here 30 minutes to late on the ebb tide, most of the fish had left the mangroves and were ocean bound.  I found one small group of about 10 fish, had one decent cast at them, I had a follow from one of them, then a refusal to commit.  I'll use a slightly more subtle fly next time I go down there….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • goosehdG
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                                      That is so awesome!!  Serious question:  Have or would you consider retiring to the area?  I've been not so subtly talking to Laura about moving to the Caribbean in about 10/15 years and just wonder if you have looked into it.

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        I seriously considered it a few years ago, but Paula (quite rightly) vetoed the idea.  I'd have had a ball fishing, Bones on the East coast, Permit and Tarpon on the west, but she would have likely ended up a rabid alcoholic…..

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • neph93N
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                                            @Giles:

                                            Literally giving you the side eye. He’s saying  «not today, pal».

                                            “Some of those that work forces
                                            Are the same that burn crosses”

                                            • Virginia Woolf
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