08-31-2006, 06:54 PM
[font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Speaking about Peacock bass last month our guest speaker and tier at the FFCOC monthly meeting was Andy Burk. He tied a few peacock flies the type he would use in the Amazon. These dudes tied on 4/0s had to be around 4-5" long. For a guided trip to Brazil he would tie about 700 flies. Yup 700. The reason for so many is that one bite from a piranha and the fly was history. They would use 10 wt rods. He said that they would catch so many Peacocks that by the end of the trip their arms and ribs would be so sore from the ordeal. Anyone out there ever been Peacock fishing in the Amazon??[/size][/green][/font]
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