Landing the big one video

[gt05254]

don't know how to embed it, but it's of my last minute or so connected to a 20+ pound atlantic salmon: fall 2012 006 - YouTube

The whole story is on my blog. Way too long and photo intense for me to post here.

Gary

 

[s fontinalis]

nice one. A tail like Moby Dick!!

 

[gatortransplant]

Just read the blog Gary, looks like a great time! I'd love to be able to get up there at some point, once I find a cure to this broke graduate student sickness...

 

[CutThroat Leaders]

That was a great vid... Filled with lots of anticipation.... Nice catch.

 

[gt05254]

Trust me, A.J., there is life after grad school! Although I remembering doubting that very much during 5 years of it!
Gary

 

[gatortransplant]

The average for my program is ~8 years. I'm not even halfway there. But the steelhead run always acts as a nice balm

 

[gt05254]

Yikes, that's quite a program! I got an MS and PhD in 5 (normal time for it). Good about that balm, though, eh?
Gary

 

[littledavid123]

Very nice Uncle Gary...Very nice

Was the streamer your own creation?

Dave

 

[gt05254]

No, Dave, the Orange Sneaky was developed by a fellow named Mike Boudreau in one of the Canadian Maritime provinces in the mid-1990's, specifically for low, slow water conditions. It was incredibly effective a couple autumns ago in similar conditions, so I figured, "why not?".

She sure was a beautiful fish!
Gary

 

[mcnerney]

Gary: Congrats on a great fish! It has been quite sometime since I landed a fish of that size, brings back some great memories (Alaska days).

 

[wt bash]

Nice Gar! So do you do the whole auctioner speed talking bit?

 

[gt05254]

Actually, while I do move quickly through the auction, the folks like (they tell me) two things about the way I do auctions:
1. they can understand me and know where the bid is
2. I make them laugh while picking their pockets.

Glad you guys like the post...it's all about creating and keeping memories (for me, anyway) in the long run.

Gary

 

[wt bash]

I hear that man, it looks that's the place to make some good ones!

 

[gt05254]

It is, Bill, it is.
Gary