HANDLING A LEADER ~ HOLDING A GAFF

[fishdoc]

Thanks for the topic / posts. For those of us inexperienced gaffers, it helps to hear and see the correct way, because I for HATE that end of the road break-off, oh-shit, f...! that occasionally happens. I need more practice, come on mother nature

[Chilli]

It was confidence Marty... Kids always confident. Knows what he's going to do and does it. He's almost as smooth as the Beast on the leader... Won't be too long before he's closing in on that high mark... Glad to have him down there takin care of business.

[Parapapam]

Marty,

I think Shark displayed he was a pro by showing that clip. Every great athlete asks for critiques by his peers and coaches. The way they got great was by not being afraid to seek constructive criticism and learning from it.

This forum is full of peers and coaches (mostly coaches for me because most of you are certainly better at this than me). I'm just sitting back and learning... For example, I've been using the two handed canoe paddle technique...time to change!

Great vid Shark!

Mike

[WAHOONBOX]

It was confidence Marty... Kids always confident. Knows what he's going to do and does it. He's almost as smooth as the Beast on the leader... Won't be too long before he's closing in on that high mark... Glad to have him down there takin care of business.

OH MY GOD!

I REMEMBER THE 600 LBER ...GIANT BLUEFIN ....THAT PETE MADE BRIAN WIRE YEARS AGO......NOTICE I SAID WIRE.........#19 PIANO WIRE

THIS WAS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OUR DISCOVERY OF THE GBFT HERE......


YOUR MAN NEEDS TO LEARN TO HAYWIRE TWIST /BREAK OFF #19 WIRE FIRST.....THEN ALLOW HIM TO TRY TO TAKE ON THE BEAST WITH THE GLOVES

[Chilli]

The Beast has been pullin on giant critters probably before he could walk... I would fashion a guess that with a bit of time and effort our crazy JP will take the stride. He ain't afraid to try thats for damn sure... It would be good practice for all of us to smim a mile in the Beast's shoes... I'd be a long hard swim, but it'd be worth every gut wrenching minute...

Thats right Marty... I'm stickin to my guns on this one... You will someday see John's name in lights... Mark my words... By the way did you see the new Markee that they installed at the prison?

[Squidnation]

HEy Capt. Brian - Can my crew work on the Run-off too?

http://www.sportfishermen.com/media_fishing/KungfuU.wmv

[MacPE6]

Box, you are the man!

You have great vid's and take care of the team, which stands for

T = Together
E = Everyone
A = Accomplishes
M = MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


May be someday I will be able to break bread with you and get some fish time too.

[flatbottom]

Wahoonbox and all who replied thanks for the great insight on the leader gaff moment of truth

[SharkJP]

wow. . . thanks for the great response to the vid. I was just trying to show a visual of what marty was talkin about. Before you give me too much credit, remember that there have also been plenty of missed shots from my hands along the way

thanks again yall!!

[RUGGERDUDE]

Good video and more importantly great info on this thread! I think we all get a bit excited when we're about to throw some steel up into Mr. Tuna. Misses are part of the learning curve but I will certainly keep the points discussed here in mind this season. Great suff here boys!

Will