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My Nantucket Sleigh Ride

October 3, 2011 by n.taylor 8 Comments

Nantucket Fly Fishing

Looking For a Ride

I’ll admit that the true Nantucket sleigh ride can only be accomplished when attached to a 25 pound striped bass in some inter-coastal waterway in a small skiff. There is however the option of getting a thorough ass kicking handed to you by a small false albacore, that was my sleigh ride. False Albacore make their way into Nantucket in the fall once the waters have cooled and the more desirable and edible Bonito have left the island waters. Capable of swimming at speeds over 40 mph, they make up for their lack of nutritional value with tremendous runs that left me breathless.

False Albacore

Albie

My trip was fantastic and I owe a lot to both my host (Greg Drapeau) as well as my equipment provider (Michael Gracie). For now however, I need to get back to work so I can pay my credit card next week, and maybe some equipment repair fees…

Filed Under: Fall Tagged With: False Albacore, Nantucket, NIC, The Ocean

Comments

  1. Michael Gracie says

    October 4, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    “For now however, I need to get back to work so I can pay my credit card next week, and maybe some equipment repair fees…”

    Equipment repair fees? EQUIPMENT REPAIR FEES!!!

    🙂

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    • n.taylor says

      October 4, 2011 at 8:42 pm

      Dude, these are minor details that I will get into later. I haven’t gotten you your stuff back yet because I’m not exactly sure how to deal with it. I’m busy trying to find model airplane paint and clear guerilla glue, stuff is hard to find.

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  2. McTage says

    October 4, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    Kinda makes you wish you didnt live smack dab in the middle of the country doesnt it?

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    • n.taylor says

      October 4, 2011 at 7:24 pm

      Yeah…a little. Then again, its a lot cheaper to just do what we do.

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  3. JGR says

    October 4, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    We don’t get a lot of those here in Kentucky, lol.

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    • n.taylor says

      October 4, 2011 at 7:27 pm

      Ah, the pains of being landlocked. I think McTage said it best.

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  4. John montana says

    October 3, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    Sweet. I have always wanted to do that.

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    • n.taylor says

      October 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm

      Yeah, now I just want to do it well.

      Reply

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