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News courtesy of David Slater - 04/03/2010
A World first - a broadbill Grand Slam on fly!
A broadbill swordfish on fly is an amazing achievement, with perhaps half a dozen cases on record, but to then catch a marlin and a sail, all on fly tackle under the official rules on a single trip by one angler, is a superlative, unparalleled feat in the angling community - a world's first!
Con Jooste, a fanatically keen fly fisherman, has been fishing here for many years on holidays from South Africa, and on Monday 15th Feb. he set out in Eclare to try for a broadbill on fly in the Rips off Watamu. This fishing is done on moonless nights, when the broadbill come closer to the surface, as they are deep dwelling fish,. and as soon as it was dark teasers were set out to attract the fish.
They did not have long to wait, as at 7.30pm a strike was felt on a teaser and the angler cast out at the fish as the engines were cut, the cast having to be done when the boat is out of gear. The fly was immediately taken and after a half hour fight, the 25kg broadbill was brought to the boat, tagged and released. Some other strikes failed to hook up in the night, and at dawn teasers were reset to try for marlin. A striped marlin was soon raised, the cast made and the fish hooked, to be tagged and released, and the team realised they had the opportunity to make history.
Moving closer to Malindi, a sailfish was raised, the fly was engulfed, the hook set and the fish played to the boat for the release - mission accomplished, three billfish species including the broadbill swordfish - surely worth a place in the Hall of Fame! Congratulations to Con, skipper Musa and all his team, as fly fishing needs all members of the crew working as a team to be successful.
Howard and Sue
Howard Lawrence-Brown
Kenya Deep Sea Fishing
P.O. Box 10202,
Mombasa 80101
Kenya, East Africa
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