The Toss

[Zach Matthews]

Hey guys –

Neal’s hilarious bonefish photo, which I hope he will post here, reminded me of that great, overlooked genre of fly fishing photography: the toss.

[Neal Osborn]

Toast to the toss

[anonymous]

The fumble:

The recovery:

[Phil Landry]

I have two fumbles by the same person on two different rivers to add to the collection.

[Phil Landry]

part 2

[jay mcdaniel]

“dammit… at least it was just a whitefish”

[Mark Landerman]

” at least it was just a whitefish”

JUST a whitefish?

[Matt Jones]

Here are two from last season in Alaska…

Jack drops a HUGE Grayling I caught on our day off

Can’t get a grip on the Silver

www.mattjonesphotography.com

[jay mcdaniel]

” at least it was just a whitefish”

JUST a whitefish?  Blasphemy.

haha, well at least thats what I told myself to make myself feel better.

[Steve Dally]

[alan king]

The guys I fish with toss fish all the time….

[Zach Matthews]

Here’s another (Ian can take it – he catches big fish all the time).

(Here’s the big fish.)

Zach

[jay mcdaniel]

Any tips on how to prevent “the toss”?

[alan king]

Don’t eat that breakfast burrito with extra green chillies that’s sitting in your back pack on day four of a six day hike-in.

[Zach Matthews]

Hahahah.

The Toss is probably unavoidable, but there are definitely some criteria–especially with a big fish–that will minimize its inevitability.  Always grip a fish most tightly around the tail; they can handle a firm hold there.  Support the fish from underneath with the other hand, and I like to wrap a finger around the pectoral fin when possible.  Last, fish tend to start flopping when they’ve been out of the water long enough to panic.  If you keep the fish wet in the net, and only lift for a quick spurt of photos, then put it back, not only will you avoid overstressing the fish, you’ll also have a more cooperative photo subject.  Generally.  🙂

Zach

PS So far these are my favorites.  I love the look on their faces:

Neal’s has that great ‘escaping into the sunset’ look; you can almost hear the bonefish yelling, “I’m freeee!”

[Anonymous]

Some good ones here…forgot to add mine last night…hope to remember this evening.

[Philip Smith]

Being the obsessive native brookie fisherman I am…

[Steve K.]

Here’s mine….The Humpy Bandito Toss.

Actually I think a more appropriate name for this thread would be “The Fishmonger”.

[andrew_bell]

This is a bit more comlpicated than the ‘Toss’

It is more of a OMG where’s my Rod & can I hold onto this thing 😛

[Carter Simcoe]

From last week.

Myself.

Tim.

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