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Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Fishing => Member Fishing Reports and Photos => Topic started by: alantani on February 05, 2013, 12:35:13 AM

Title: from sri lanka
Post by: alantani on February 05, 2013, 12:35:13 AM
damith send this over from sri lanka!

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"Alan I am Keen angler. I one of recent catch. 53 kg GT"

(http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u561/damithwicks/020_zps988be964.jpg)

Title: Re: from sri lanka
Post by: Keta on February 05, 2013, 12:35:47 AM
NICE!
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Post by: Cone on February 05, 2013, 01:22:14 AM
I bet that was fun!  Bob
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Post by: wallacewt on February 05, 2013, 09:12:47 AM
oh boy
the magic 100lb
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Post by: Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B on February 05, 2013, 02:56:47 PM
Quote from: Keta on February 05, 2013, 12:35:47 AM
NICE!

x2, thanks for sharing...
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Post by: Newell Nut on February 05, 2013, 04:13:43 PM
Nice Pic and a ton of fun. Get out the Bengay creme for those elbows.
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Post by: Alto Mare on February 05, 2013, 10:12:38 PM
Very nice fish, Damith, Thanks for showing it to us.
Sal
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Post by: Dominick on February 05, 2013, 10:47:17 PM
Damith:  Thanks for showing us the bait you are going to use.  Did you catch anything with it?  Dominick
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Post by: lawaia on February 05, 2013, 11:56:39 PM
53kg...Wow, that's a big boy!  Nice catch!  Would love to see more details, e.g. deep dropping iron, or baiting; tackle; depth?
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Post by: kamuwela on February 06, 2013, 07:08:22 AM
nice ulua
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Post by: broadway on February 06, 2013, 07:50:27 AM
Beauty of a catch... bet you felt that for a couple of days ;)
Dom
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Post by: ossipeter on February 06, 2013, 09:09:13 AM
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: Damith on February 06, 2013, 12:12:21 PM
Quote from: lawaia on February 05, 2013, 11:56:39 PM
53kg...Wow, that's a big boy!  Nice catch!  Would love to see more details, e.g. deep dropping iron, or baiting; tackle; depth?

well we pop with poppers some which I make. Tackle Shimano Stella SW 10000 reel, Shimano-Caranx-Kaibutsu long cast 8'2 rod, power pro braid 45kg line, craft bait GT3 popper. reef near drop off 10-30m
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Post by: lawaia on February 06, 2013, 01:38:47 PM
Quote from: Damith on February 06, 2013, 12:12:21 PM
well we pop with poppers some which I make. Tackle Shimano Stella SW 10000 reel, Shimano-Caranx-Kaibutsu long cast 8'2 rod, power pro braid 45kg line, craft bait GT3 popper. reef near drop off 10-30m

Thanks for the additional info.  Must be really exciting to see a BIG fish like that hit a surface popper!  You must make a good strong popper to withstand the kind of force a fish that big must strike with, not to mention have a good strong grip on your rod'n'reel.  Fishing the reef drop off must present a challenge to keep the fish from running into the coral to cut you off.  Congratulations once more on a fine catch and thanks for posting the photo.
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Post by: alantani on February 07, 2013, 02:08:32 AM
damith, welcome!!!!  you have a box en route with some items that you will find useful for reel repair.  for the anti-reverse parts, i am still looking. 
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Post by: erikpowell on February 09, 2013, 02:09:21 AM
Nice GT !  A buddy of mine got one like that on a recent trip to Oman.
Do you use a twisted leader?
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Post by: Steve-O on February 13, 2013, 09:51:06 PM
Damith, that is one incredible GT! :o  Very impressive catch! Thanks for sharing and thanks, Alan, for getting his pic posted.

Steve
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