Shark, Shark
Yes, you can catch sharks on a fly rod. I’m not sure anyone would want to hook the likes of “Jaws,” but Sand sharks all the way to Mako are great on the fly rod. My long time friend, Chuck Furimsky, has had some great days off the coast of southern New Jersey with these toothy denizens of the deep. Recently he took a friend, Bob Evans out for a day of shark chasing, and they had great fun. They hook many, landed 6, and were able to unhook all those landed.
Chuck used a bunker head teaser and brought the sharks close. He then pulled the teaser away and toss the shark his “Chunk Head ” fly. They pounced on it.
Oh, and Bod painful learned to keep his fingers out of the way off the reel handle while palming to increase drag. Sharks can be real freight trains when they run.
Bob quickly learned to keep his fingers out of the way of the reel handle.
The Chunk Head. Looks “reel” enough to me!
Sharks are very powerful fighters and can tear off great hanks of line with ease.
Yes they do have real shark’s teeth, and they can nip off a finger with great ease. Use a tool when unhooking these beasts.