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How to fight a giant trevally with a fly rod

Home | Fish Tails Blog | How to fight a giant trevally with a fly rod
  • Phil Mellor kindly put this togther as a demonstration of how to fight a trevally. With a 12# rod and 130lbs leader that we use in the Indian Ocean it is possible to really take the fight to the fish. Keep the rod low and in the opposite direction that it is swimming, always keeping the fish off balance and pump it as soon as you hook up. DO NOT move your hand any further up the blank than the fighting grip OR YOU WILL BREAK IT!
  • Trevally like most other Caranx species will quite happily swim around you all day unless fought very hard. More importantly this also increases the chance of survival for the fish.

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