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Catch of the Day??? Catch of the Century!!!
The "One-that-Got-Away, Catch-of-the-Century" award has to go to my friend, south Louisiana native, and loyal repeat Emmrod Customer, Carlos, who caught Flipper...or should I say, Flipper caught him. Yes, you heard that right. A few weeks ago, I delivered a Stream Master fly-fishing pole to Carlos. He's now the proud owner of five different Emmrod models, and soon to be a dealer or distributor!
He told me that a few days prior, he had gone fishing, anxious to try a new, nuclear-powered, high-dollar Shimano reel that costs about what you'd pay for eight Emmrod packer combos. I mean, this reel will walk your dog, tune your Chevy, and change your cat's litter, to hear Carlos tell it.
Anyway,Carlos says he was sitting on the dock, minding his own business, with his brand-new reel on a hybrid Emmrod: a kayak king handle with a 4-coil packer rod. He put what he described as a "giant hunka bait" on his hook, and tells me that, due to the magnificent gear ratio of that worth-its-weight-in-gold reel, and his expert casting ability, the cast was over a hundred yards! I believe it, having seen him cast before.After casting out into the gulf, he put the rod in the rod holder, and then a few moments later heard that..."click...click---click" sound, then...."whirrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!" like right out of the first Jaws movie. He quickly took ahold of the pole, removed it from the rod holder, and suddenly the line was flying! He said that if he hadn't had the drag set so light, it probably would have pulled the pole right out of his hand right away!
Carlos quickly figured out that whatever he had on the other end far surpassed the weight limit of a kayak king with a 4-coil rod, and, rather than risking losing that Shimano reel, he cut his losses, run away, and live to fish another day... and cut his line before it ran totally out. Wondering just what in the heck he had caught, he said that a moment after he cut his line, he saw....you guessed it....about a 200-lb dolphin brandishing his dorsal fin as he raced off, smacking his dolphin lips, and offering his compliments to the chef for the hors d'oeuvre (did I spell that right?) that Carlos had so graciously provided him.
"They call him Carlos, Carlos....faster than lightning!!!!"
We're at least temporarily putting this story on the "Fish Facts" page until I decide whether or not to add a "Fish Fiction" page.
...Joel
P.S. I couldn't stand it....I just had to look it up. Yes, I spelled "hors d'oeuvre" correctly. And it's pronounced "or-derve," not "horse doover," contrary to popular to common Oklahoma (where I'm from) rural legend.Source: Florida Sportsman Magazine Editorial Staff (2009). Florida Sportsman Fishing Planner. Stuart, FL: Florida Sportsman.
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