Sunday, March 2, 2008

Puyu On Fly

Skali ni kawe nok story pasal puyu on fly. Denge kato laingnyo, igak ike ppuyu paka pancing layang. No, I'm not joking (oghe Klate kato, tok bbek'kok). Kawe pong mula2 cuak jugok nok fly ike puyu nih. Yo lah, sebab masih ada dlm diri ghaso malu takut oghe kata. Tapi setelah di cuba (bukan di Cuba nuh), baghu tahu karan nya.

Kawe telah melawat satu fish pond di Sungai Buaya, Selangor. Kolam ni kepunyaan sorg Pakcik pesara ATM kita. Kolam ni dah bertahun2 wujud sebenarnya tapi tak berapa diketahui ramai lah. Pakcik ni pun dok supply ike puyu ni ke pasar mlm saja secara kecil-kecilan. Kawe pernah try kolam ni before, tapi pakai spinning outfit lah.

Nok jadi cerita, ada saing kawe nok gi ngail ike puyu nih. Sebab nok bawok anok2 (nok ajar anok ngail katanya). Sorg lagi saing kawe nok belaja fly. So ok lah.

Set2 pancing yang di bawa:
Fly:
-Rod: Scierra SST 5wt (2 btg)
-Reel: Orvis Battenkill & Okuma Sierra
-Line: SA Nymph & SA Concept (dua2 floating)

Spinning
Rod: Fenwick HMG (Maha rod ni. Hok saing kawe la tapi) & Ofmer Excalibur (rod murah, baghu hok kawe)
Reel: Shimano & Abu Black Max (Abu plastik hok mughoh skali nih).

Umpan: Cengkerik (Ccighik la ni), fly)

Ike puyu ni kena kail dgn set kecik, baghu best sikik layan. Cara untuk spinning senang sgt. Paka tali 6lb, letak pelampong udang. Jarak mata kail dgn pelampung tu dlm 2 kaki lah. Pahtu pakai umpan cengkerik, and let it sink. Senang bukan? hahaha. U think so? U wish! The buggers are the best bait thief! More often than not, kito tak nampak pun pelampung tu bergerak, alih2 umpan gone oredi. Slow benar dio mkn umpan.

Kawe try jugak mula2 pakai spinning, tapi tok lamo. Fly lebih interesting (or so I thought). Untuk fly, mula2 kawe pakai dry fly. Cast lah punya cast, no takers! Letih casting je (So that time I said to me, that casting is one of the beautiful factors in fly fishing - I was calming myself hahahaha).

Tough luck this fly fishing. What am I gonna do? Surrender? Give up? Ya la because all that I have read, puyu mkn serangga. Hmmmmmm....the thought process went on and on. The freakin puyu must mkn something......

NYMPH? What about nymph? Crazy? Ahhh...what the heck. So I chose the ugliest I-so-don't-wanna-this-nymph fly. Fly yg di ikat pakai pheasant tail & wayar je. Takdok benang pun. So, the thought was, I don't care if I loose this fly. Fly ni salah ikat. Fly ni tak cantik etc. Those were the ugly thoughts! And you've guessed (banyak sgt clue hehehe).........

Pakai fly ni, kawe kena strike after strike! Cast, biar nymph tu tenggelam sampai dasar, pakai figure-8 retrieve. The ugly duckling of a fly turned to be the hot chick! I never experienced that kinda fly fishing before. Ike puyu ni kecik saja tapi cara dia make fly tu explosive. Terkejut kite di buatnya. Hasilnya, fish after fish! Hok naka nya hari tu, kawe tengah test casting dgn set fly saing kawe & pakai fly crazy charlie pong dia strike jugak puyu nih hahaha



Selain dari puyu, bycatch hari tu ialah tilapia (crazy charlie, fluorescent blue)

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Jadi, lepas hari tu, kawe ghaso ike puyu ialah satu lagi ike hok kawe nok target for ultra light fishing. Syok weh! Acu cubo try test lah.

Saing kawe hok paka spinning? Anak dia kata "Ayoh, kena buak lagu ni baghu buleh naik ike ppuyu"......terbakararrrr! hehehehe