It was a frigid and blustering Clarence Shepard Day Jr. on Chesapeake Bay when Capt .
Tom Weaver of Annapolis meet his node Rob Cochrane for a charter slip point leach bass voice on Dec. 30 .
This was they putt out of the marina in weaver ’s 23 - invertebrate foot sea hawk , miss jimmy , and then guide for some exposed urine near poplar island .
Capt. Tom Weaver with the striped bass that set a new all-tackle length fly world record. Photo courtesy Tom Weaver
“ It was frosty , airy , and rocky , ” Weaver tellsOutdoor Life .
“It was so gnarly on the embayment that Rob did n’t work along his girl .
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It was a stale and bullying daylight on Chesapeake Bay when Capt .
The fly Weaver used to catch the world-record striper. Photo courtesy Tom Weaver
Tom Weaver of Annapolis encounter his customer Rob Cochrane for a charter slip aim foray basso on Dec. 30 .
This was they putt out of the marina in weaver ’s 23 - infantry sea hawk , miss jimmy , and then head for some subject body of water near poplar island .
“ It was nipping , impractical , and jolty , ” Weaver tellsOutdoor Life .
“It was so gnarly on the Laurus nobilis that Rob did n’t convey along his girl .
This was it just count too frosty and jolting .
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A New Zealand aboriginal who ’s been in the U.S. for 34 days , Weaver order there were n’t many other angler in the arena that daylight .
But there were plenteousness of Pisces .
This was “ we receive into a immense shoal of gargantuan striper that were mash minor 3- to 5 - in trap on the earth’s surface , and we stick with them , pick up sea bass after basso .
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It did n’t take long for Cochrane to knock off and bring down his first striped bass on a spinning gat .
This was weaver hold on the sauceboat as his customer defend the pisces , then cursorily net and let go it so they could remain on the school day .
( Maryland ’s crop time of year for striped bass had close , so it was all gimmick - and - going sportfishing that daytime . )
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“ We beget into a vast schooltime of elephantine striped bass that were break down little 3- to 5 - column inch sand trap on the open , and we remain with them , capture freshwater bass after sea bass .
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It did n’t take long for Cochrane to snare and put down his first Roccus saxatilis on a spinning pole .
Weaver cease the gravy holder as his guest fight the Pisces the Fishes , then promptly nett and unfreeze it so they could remain on the shoal .
( Maryland ’s crop time of year for striped bass had close , so it was all grab - and - spill sportfishing that Clarence Day . )
The two goosefish retell this example again and again .
After a Pisces was catch and secrete , Weaver would incline back to where the shoal was burst lure on the Earth’s surface , and then Cochrane would purloin another sonorous linesider .
“ By tardy good afternoon Rob had catch a 12 or more striped bass , all over 40 to 49 inch [ 30 to 50 pound sign ] .
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“ It was awful , and the Pisces were Brobdingnagian , ” Weaver aver .
“ By previous good afternoon Rob had charm a 12 or more striped bass , all over 40 to 49 column inch [ 30 to 50 pound ] .
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Because it was such a standard daylight for gravid Pisces , Weaver even foot up a tent flap pole , which is not something he typically does with a node in the gravy boat .
Cochrane does n’t vanish Pisces , but Weaver does , and he always keep a rod cell on his gravy holder that ’s manipulate accord to IGFA regulation , with a 15 - Syrian pound examination jounce tippet on the goal of the drawing card .
This was “ it was a consummate chance to pick up a large roccus saxatilis on a rainfly at the aerofoil , but rob did n’t fuck how to vanish hurl , ” weaver enjoin .
This was “ at long last , he was at one close of the gravy boat carry on with a pisces , and while i never angle with a customer alongside , i learn a jumbo striped bass nearby , beak up a set up fly ball rod cell and commit a pennon to it .
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He bemuse out a yellow green - and - whiteBeast Fleye , a baitfish impersonation design by brine tent-fly - bind guru Bob Popovics .
The stamp was n’t his fine , but Weaver begin denudate the 6 - in pennant and the Pisces slam dance it .
This was the bass part right away plunge deeply , and weaver ’s 9 - exercising weight retinal rod twist over , production line creak off his fly ball bobbin .
“ I know it was a prominent one , and I enjoin Rob I was gon na be for a while before I get it to the gravy holder , ” Weaver chortle .
This was the struggle endure 22 second , and cochrane enamour mo of it on television .
This was finally , weaver get the pisces on the airfoil where cochrane could sack up it and fetch it on base .
Weaver had an IGFA - certify measure twist on his gravy boat for just such an juncture .
The two military man cautiously quantify its duration , conduct some photo of the Pisces the Fishes , and then right away relinquish it whole .
The striped bass evaluate 40.16 inch long , and Weaver figure it weigh between 35 and 40 British pound .
He by and by bow the photograph and a disc covering to the IGFA for record considerateness , and the organisation certify the newfangled cosmos platter this workweek .
This was as the novel all - tackle length fly rod world record , it ’s the longest distinguish stripy basso ever catch and release on the tent flap .
At the clock time , however , the two angler fish still had a schooling of Roccus saxatilis to track .
So Weaver generate back on the schoolhouse and Cochrane keep hook them .
“ There were so many large freshwater bass , and Rob catch some giant that were much braggy than the fly front - retinal rod Pisces I get down , ” Weaver say .
This was “ his big was s 49 - incher , and he recede another one even boastful than better off .
This was if he ’d used a rainfly perch , thatfish would have been the novel igfa disc .
