GIANT TREVALLY
GT na mahač
Bio je tek treći dan našeg putovanja u Francusku Polineziju gde sam na mušičarenju i Herle nam je pokazivao greben atola. Već smo ulovili nekoliko plavopernih jacks i crvenog šarana, a ribolov je bio u punom jeku. Odjednom – iz dubokog plavetnila – ispred mene su se pojavila dva masivna oblika. Dva GT! Odmah sam zabacio u njihovom pravcu. Manji je ubrzao ka mojoj mušici i baš kada se približio obali, razbio ju je. Snažno sam kontrirao i borba o kojoj sam toliko dugo sanjao konačno je počela. Zategnuo sam kočnicu do maksimuma i učinio sve što sam mogao da zaustavim ribu. Trebalo mi je ceo najlon plus oko 20 metara bekinga pre nego što sam uspeo da ga okrenem. Počeo sam da namotavam najlon, ali onda se on obmotavao oko korala. Usledilo je 10 dramatičnih minuta puštanja, povlačenja, molitve i pokušaja da oslobodim ribu … i nekim čudom, uspeo sam. Kada sam ponovo uspostavio direktan kontakt, zaigrao sam snažno i uz pomoć talasa – i mog dragog prijatelja Herlea – uspeli smo da izvučemo ribu na greben. Ostalo je istorija.
GT je merio 105cm do račva, i iskreno sam zahvalan što veći nije uzeo mušicu – izgledalo je da je lako teži oko 50 kg.
Upecao sam ovu ribu iz snova koristeći svoj Guideline NT11 Saline 14wt i Scandi 11+ kolut, koji je besprekorno funkcionisao tokom celog putovanja i premašio sva moja očekivanja. Mušicu koju sam koristio vezao je @rupertharveyflies. Dugo očekivani san je konačno postao stvarnost. GT mušičarenje sa grebena.
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GIANT TREVALLY
It was only the third day of our trip and Herle was showing us the reef of the atoll. We had already landed some bluefin jacks and red carp, and the fishing was in full swing.
Suddenly—out of the deep blue—two massive shapes appeared in front of me. Two Geets!
I instantly made a cast in their direction. The smaller one accelerated toward my fly, and just as it came close to the bank, it smashed it.
I strip-set hard, and the fight I had been dreaming about for so long finally began.
I tightened the drag to the max and did everything I could to stop the fish. It took the entire fly line plus about 20 meters of backing before I managed to turn it. I started gaining line, but then it wrapped itself around the corals.
What followed were 10 dramatic minutes of releasing, pulling, praying, and trying to free the fish… and by some miracle, I succeeded.
Once I was in durect contact again, I played it hard, and with the help of the waves—and my dear friend Herle—we managed to land the fish up onto the reef.
The rest is history.
The GT measured 105 cm to the fork, and I’m honestly grateful the bigger one didn’t take the fly—it looked easily in the 50 kg range.
I landed this dream fish using my Guideline NT11 Saline 14wt and the Scandi 11+ reel, which performed flawlessly throughout the entire trip and exceeded all my expectations. The fly I used was tied by @rupertharveyflies
A long-awaited dream finally became reality.
GT on fly from the reef.
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Stanislav Mankov
