That's right folks, I had another message board dream last night....
and I remember it well. A bunch of us were on a fishing boat dubbed BELIEVE. No specific ocean was there, within our reach, for a couple days of heavy duty Sailfish fishing!
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We ran offshore and started fishing at 9:00 AM the first day, with Cherie hooking the first Sailfish on fly. She fought the fish well, however, it got some slack in the fly line and pulled the hook 10 foot from the leader.
Next Lancelot hooked a good sized Sailfish but had some bad luck and broke the tippet.
Cherie then hooked a big fish and fought it for 45 minutes before the fish subdued and swam to the surface where Charlie C and Ellanoise pulled the big sailfish aboard by it's dorsal fin.
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I caught a hot jumping Sailfish shortly later but then fishing slowed for a few hours.
During the late afternoon Cherie hooked another 100 pound plus Sailfish on fly, this time she had figured out the technique for whipping big fish on fly while using 20 pound tippet. She did a great job on that fish, landing it in less than 10 minutes for her third sailfish of the day.
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NewYorkJettster never got a shot the first day, however she had the pleasure of congratulating Cherie with the traditional "first sailfish tosses the angler into the water celebration."
We got 5 sailfish to bite the fly on our first day and landed 3. Pretty good for a slow day. We looked forward to the next day!
The next morning we left the marina at 7:30 AM sharp, with Sportyfan and Wingnut rigging teasers while Captain Ravensong drove BELIEVE out to sea looking for those elusive sailfish. Seven miles out of port we slowed down and put out the teasers, Wingnut was the first angler of the day. A few minutes later we raised a double which teased in perfectly.
Cherie cast the fly to the first fish and hooked up immediately. I got ready to cast to the second fish when Cherie's fish pulled the hook, so Cherie reeled in some line and recast to the second fish. This time when Cherie set the hook after the violent bite the tippet broke, the result of the first fish nick on the leader.
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Almarockstar, Rockin' Sheri, CCfan, Reved, raintown boy, FoxesFan and Hilljayne looked on in utter disbelief. As did the PartyGrrrlzzz and Planet Sorrow, Canadian Wolverine and others!!!
The rest of the day was very slow and although we teased up more than ten Sailfish, they would not ever tease within range to cast the fly to them. This is the first time that I can remember going a full day fly fishing, in a dream, without catching at least one sailfish, but it was bound to happen, eventually, I reckon.
Cherie, and the rest of us, had a great time at the Billfish Inn for dinner, where the food and service was first class right down to the mariachi band, performing a unique rendition of Cherry Bomb in Cherie’s honor.
Suddenly, my alarm went off and the dream was over. Such is life!
Fishing will improve next time though, I'm sure of it.
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