Louis--thank you. It broke my heart to release him. I would have had him mounted. But my friend, Wally, wouldn't hear of it. smile Fortunately Wally did a good job with his cell phone camera.

Later in that trip he also got a couple good shots of me on a 26" carp that fought me for over 1/2-hour on the same 5wt.

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"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon

"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg