For the sake of trying to solicit a few more sweet photos.

Two second, broad scope tutorial on photobucket. It is super easy, and will make your internet photo posting life much easier than other methods.

1. Go to photobucket.com, register a new account. Dont be scared.

2. Click on large obvious buttons that say things like "upload," select photos and videos from where they live on your computer. Upload.

3. To post on interwebs forums like this one, copy the field below the image that looks like this [IMG]. Hint, click on the field.

4. Past into a new/reply msg, preview if so desired, and then prepare for insults.

Apparently the Copper is even more bored than me tonight.



Fish on...

Todd

Based on your stories and the occasional photo, I would say that I am more bored than you on most nights.

Touche, my friend...but not so much lately

Fish on...

Todd

Steve, for a rookie photo poster you did fine and those are some sweet fish......the permit is NICE! I hooked ONE of those, once, kinda by accident while bonefishing. Had him on for a nice run before he broke off.....but I haven't forgotten it.

Nice stuff dude.

Charles,

Borrowed the hat from my fishing buddy so I wouldn't have to do the - put a bandana over my head, put on my hat thing to reduce the amount of sun I was getting. A long day on the flats is brutal to my PNW lilly white skin even with spf 50 sunscreen.

The attraction of permit is that they're not easy. Kinda' like steelheading, although not in the same way. But a tough fish to take on your own terms. I hear that they're suckers for a live crab bait, but then that wouldn't be interesting after the first couple fish. That's how they're like steelheading, more challenging when you only accept them on your own terms, forsaking the usual training wheels and crutches. Strong fish, gotta' give 'em that.

Also very strong, and possibly more over-looked are the jack crevalle. I think they're not very discriminating, but they pull exceptionally hard on the line for their size. There is no doubt in my mind, that all other things being equal, that tied tail to tail, the tropical saltwater species would tow salmon and steelhead around and drown 'em quick like.

Sg

That would be funny to see. A piscatorial tug-o-war of sorts.

I just finished watching "In Search of Rising Tide." Short flick about Bahama's area guide Charlie Neymour (crazy charlie fly) and friends. The strength and endurance of some of these saltwater species is really amazing.

True words.....true words. And their strength can be shocking to those used to trout. A couple years ago I got my brother in law hooked on flyfishing.....he has the bug BAD but only has chased trout so far......The first time I flyfished a shallow reef in Maui with him I showed him the ropes in a spot that had lots of damselfish. The ubiquitous Ku'upipi, or Seargeant Majors....the type of thing you'd see snorkeling and most people think of as aquarium fish. On his first hookup he yelled out "Holy Sh!t!" and could not believe a fish that size and shape could tug that hard and put that kind of bend in a 5 wt stick. Welcome to the salt brother....welcome to the salt. A 12" bonefish puts a 12" trout to shame.

Nice stuff Salmo.