Gar?

[khao-sok]

Hi guys,

This is my first post to this forum.

I recently caught my first gar on a fly up in a lake north of Bangkok. I didn't have a wire leader, though I did have a nice Rio 26 lbs leader tied on. Once I saw that it was a gar, I kinda horsed it in... worried about it cutting the line.

I didn't weigh it, but it was fairly large, probably around 10 Lbs. I was using a buddy's 12 wt outfit, so I was able to bring it in fairly quickly.

Now, the hardest fighting fish of the day was a little 4 1/2 Lbs Pacu. I swore I had a monster on the line. I was absolutely shocked when I got my first glimpse if the Pacu. The first run took me well into the backing. I caught a couple of bigger Pacu that day that didn't fight nearly as hard.

Any of you ever caught a Pacu?

Cheers,
Dave

From sunny Phuket, Thailand