djgunter 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2012 Yea, I would have loved to land the Tuna on a fly rod, and would have preferred it snapping that way instead of an embarrassing back-cast. Can't have everything you want in life! I broke a brand new Payne graphite 9wt fishing for steelhead on the Salmon River in NY. It was 17 degrees out. I hooked and landed a nice steelie and hokked a second one. When I set the hook the rod exploded right above the cork. This was when Payne was made in Stowe, VT by the same factory that made REC. I got home and there was no warrantee, no paperwork at all. I called the factory and a tabacco chewing guy who sounded like an original Ed Payne employee said that they did not have any written guarrantees. He said they were not like Orvis where you needed a lawyer to see if you were covered. He said tosend the SOB back. They replaced the rod with one I still fish today. Great rod. Payne told me that the worst thing is a sharp hit to graphite. Like a hook striking the rod on a back cast or something else. They said graphite responds like glass being cut. The only other rods I broke were caused by the wife shutting two Fenwicks in the car door. Dan are you sure the tuna didn't break the rod? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djgunter 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2012 You catch that Bluefin off the eastern coast of Canada? 934 lbs Bluefin Tuna, Not on a fly though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishDragon 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2012 Yeah I caught him and quite a few others off of PEI. Mainly between PEI and Cape Breton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2012 FishDragon, i didn't realize you were the one who landed that leviathan, my arms hurt looking at the picture! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djgunter 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2012 I might be fishing those waters very soon! What else can you catch there? Yeah I caught him and quite a few others off of PEI. Mainly between PEI and Cape Breton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishDragon 0 Report post Posted May 6, 2012 Well as far as big game fish go the BlueFin is about the only game in town but you can go for some shark as well in the later summer months. Mostly people go out and handline mackeral. There are no marlins or swordfish to speak of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
