hardest fighing fresh water fish ?

[andros]

I am told by people who have caught bonefish, tarpon, permit, mayseer, steelhead on a fly that steelheads are the greatest.

[Ken L]

Well, I've only ever caught one steelhead, but at 8lb, I have to say that I would have got a better scrap out of a river pike of the same size.

[Neil G]

River pike, especially singele figure ones are real quick initial runners. I've had some big scraps with some very powerful pike in the river (which has resulted in me loosing one) and they do seem to really pull.

 

Very different from their stillwater relatives which seem a bit lazy

[Dan Dan]

i have to say, after catching half a dozen river bream from my local they do put up a fair scrap in the current, using their huge slabness to move across whilst bending my rod to an unholy angle.

[ColinW]

i have to say, after catching half a dozen river bream from my local they do put up a fair scrap in the current, using their huge slabness to move across whilst bending my rod to an unholy angle.

 

Slabness? That's a great word, describes a few people I know!

[bluezulu]

1 Barbel

2 Barbel

3 Barbel!!!!

agreed codger

Edited June 27, 2008 by bluezulu

[Dan Dan]

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[bluezulu]

couldn't help myself dan