MONSTER Permit on the fly gear

[The Fisherman Guy]

Any flats fishermen out there?

My good fishing buddy, and fellow forum member Moose Guy, caught and released this monster Permit on his fly gear just a few days ago. He is travelling back to Canada, so I posted it for him.

It's his largest to date, and a complete hog of a flats fish.
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[Pikecrazed]

Amazing fish

Where was he

[catnthehat]

That is a HUGE permit!!
I don't know if I have ever seen one that big even in pictures!!
Cat

[bobalong]

That is huge, when we were in Cuba a guy caught one about 8 lbs, but that looks much bigger than that.

[BeeGuy]

That's a beauty.

What do you use for those?

Crab imitation patterns?

[silverdoctor]

That's a beauty.

What do you use for those?

Crab imitation patterns?

I'm thinking more like siamese cat. jeebus that would be fun on a flyrod.

[Albertafisher]

Amazing permit.

[brianscott]

Fish of a milion casts, thats for sure.

[TyreeUM]

that permit is unreal, did they get a weight on it? What tip-it strength was he using?

[The Fisherman Guy]

Moose ties his own crab and shrimp imitations during the cold winter months.

I am not exactly sure of his setup, I'll ask him when he gets back to town. Its a bite and shock tippet coming off a Spey rod.

He didn't mention length, but he said the weight estimate was north of 30lbs!

[kritofr]

I have a mutual friend to the angler in the pic; they said the weight was around 35lbs. Truly a catch of a lifetime. Congrats

[tacklerunner]

Wow that's huge. Very Very strong fish and an amazing fish to actually land on the fly. Congrats to him.

[WayneChristie]

awesome fish! do you need a special permit for permit? :bad_boys_20:

[Bow flyman]

Great catch. By all accounts, they are the hardest fish in the world to catch on a fly.

[ViperV7]

That's an amazing Permit, we just got back from a month in Roatan Honduras. Amazing fishing there.

[Daceminnow]

WOW. that is an amazing fish to have landed with fly gear. TFG thanks for posting and please encourage Moose to share some more pics of his trip when he returns. congrads to him. simply AWESOME.

Dace

[elnino54]

Awesome fish for sure, especially on a fly rod !!!

........but they do get bigger !!!!!

World All Tackle Record is 60lbs from Brazil

Del Brown holds the Fly Rod record of 41lbs 8oz on 8lb tippet....

[Bhflyfisher]

Holy god. That would have been a serious challenge. Monster dinner plate right there.

[MooseGuy]

Truly was a fish of a lifetime or 2. Was using a custom sage 10wt xi2 ( not a Spey ) with a Tibor riptide reel. 8 ft 16lb leader with 1.5 ft of 15 lb pline flouro ( not a shock bite tippet ) This fish is by far the highlight of my angling career. I feel very fortunate to have caught this beast. No idea how long the fight was as time was irrelevant. Almost spooled me and without a great guide I probably wouldn't have landed it.. Cheers....A

[CF8]

A beautiful fish! Congrats.

[elnino54]

Truly was a fish of a lifetime or 2. Was using a custom sage 10wt xi2 ( not a Spey ) with a Tibor riptide reel. 8 ft 16lb leader with 1.5 ft of 15 lb pline flouro ( not a shock bite tippet ) This fish is by far the highlight of my angling career. I feel very fortunate to have caught this beast. No idea how long the fight was as time was irrelevant. Almost spooled me and without a great guide I probably wouldn't have landed it.. Cheers....A

Tell us about how you caught it, ie lenght of cast, shot placement and how you were able to set the hook when your knees were shaking so badly !!!!

[Alberta Bigbore]

Congrats to him, that is one fantastic fish!

[DuckBrat]

Thumbs up!

[Woolly Bugger]

Great catch. By all accounts, they are the hardest fish in the world to catch on a fly.

So very true. Permit are so extremely skittish in skinny water.

What a remarkable specimen.

[bbbyro]

Wow looking at that pic makes me wont to get out there with my gear. Thats huge fish for the flats. Good work!