Jeff Currier's Fly Fishing Presentations
"Fly Fishing for Tigerfish - Adventures in Africa"
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PowerPoint Based Presentation |
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Fishing Adventures from Africa” - As if we didn’t already think Jeff
Currier was crazy! In 2006 Jeff cashed in 180,000 airline miles for two
tickets to Africa. He and his wife Granny then proceeded to load the
backpacks and set off for the Dark Continent for two months without even
a hotel reservation! Why? It was time to catch the exotic and toothy
tigerfish. Join them as they navigate their way along by means of
decrepit buses, hitchhiking and leaky boats to the remote regions of
Botswana, Namibia and other African countries.
The African Tigerfish - Hydrocynus goliath is the worlds largest member
of the Characins which consist of all of the fish in the following
families tetras, dollars, pencilfish, piranhas. The African Tigerfish is
big, powerful, and well armed with big evil looking teeth. These teeth
have made the African Tigerfish one of the most sought after exotic
sportfish. Africa's tigerfish fight "like rainbow trout on steroids,"
and they have teeth that can cut through braided wire. They live in the
rivers and streams of central and northern Africa.
The African Tigerfish gets its name from the horizontal black bands run
along the entire body as much as from the fierce looking teeth it
possesses that show even when the mouth is shut.
To add even more to the reputation of this fish besides the size and
ferocious look is the fact they despite the large size they hunt in
packs just as piranhas do. Luckily they feed primarily on other fish
although there are unverified reports of attacks on people.
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