Chris Barclay made a heavy weight GTX blank for me last year. It has caught tarpon, big jacks and a few other large species. I have always wanted to catch a big musky on it but understand the limitations of casting something like that all day. 500g line, 10" fly, 8594785945 casts in 10 hours.

A couple weeks ago we had some boat time with Sam at Blue Ridge Musky. A long day of follows and teases was almost written off until the very end. I landed a 47" that jumped, fought and nearly bent the clip off. In last light we landed this beast. The rod has been christened.

Chris playing with water.
BRM-3 by Dave Fason, on Flickr
Big flies ( this was a small one )
BRM-5 by Dave Fason, on Flickr
A ton of water...
BRM-7 by Dave Fason, on Flickr
She hit it hard and fought hard.
BRM-15 by Dave Fason, on Flickr
BRM-14 by Dave Fason, on Flickr
Sam holding her up for me. He is way better at that and I needed to take pictures.
BRM-18 by Dave Fason, on Flickr
Me with her. This shows you how dark it was. Last light bite for the win.
Untitled by Dave Fason, on Flickr

Enjoy!
-Dave

yep, everything's big

OOH Yeah! Thats nice!

very cool, can't wait to see more pics

Hell of fish and a pure musky to boot.Nice drone shot .I was just just thinking about chasing a rumor and hitting a warm water discharge where i have caught some nice pike in the past.Know a guy who lives nearby and said musky have been showing up in the discharge the last couple winters.I was just reading up on underwater drones for fishing.Crazy where things are going.

Very Nice! You two guys are fly fishermen of extremes, tiny little brookies and big-a$$ meat eaters - I love it!

Nice Musky, lots of work, but worth it.

Outstanding. Always wanted to do a musky trip like this and may have to get serious about scheduling some day.

Great post and pictures! Congratulations!

Congrats Dave!

Very cool