The world’s strongest and most sought-after fresh and saltwater fish on a bamboo fly rod? It sounds like the kind of thing your grandpa dreamed of 100 years ago, but for Nick Bowles of Ocean Active Fly it was a modern challenge based on history. Armed with Thomas & Thomas’s modern bamboo saltwater rods and the memory of his grandfather, he set off to attempt an unlikely grand slam. This short vid covers that slam.

Giant Trevally on a bamboo rod

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