Flyfishing in Thailand

                                               Photo :   Kevin Was

Im back from Thailand and a couple of weeks holliday. This was ment to be a family trip without flyfishing but I smuggled a Opti Power line 8 in my bag. On Internet i had found a place just outside Krabi that it was able to fish. I contacted the owner Stuart Gillham and he told me it was possible to flyfish catfish and other specis that´s swimming in the lake.
The first fish that striked whent out in a powerful run. Was no way of stopping this fish. It ended with a destroyd flyreel and leaderbreak. With a new flyreel I got in to two new fish wich ended with leaderbreak.
-My good what strong fish but perhaps the weight of them was to much to handle with 0.50mm monofil leader. Anyhow i finally caught a nize sized Black Pacu wich is a sort of vegetarian Pirana. What kind of fish I lost we never know but they were big!!!
The Opti Power was great ! It cast very nice and has a lot of fighting power. A great travel rod.