Got out Sat morning at PChev. Flat calm, clear water and some pillies for burley. But a bit late to get onto the sand bank proper due to arriving too late as water too high to wade across. No response to the pillies in first hour, then thought I saw a snapper swim past a few meters away.
A few minutes later the line went tight and something hefty was going up current making big swirls. I had the rod in a good bend then the line went slack ... reckon I had fouled a stingray.
As tide turned to ebb some sprats were getting hit about 30m away. Changed to a baitfish pattern and did my best to reach but still short of the action. Then got a good hit on the fast retrieve and the fish lit the afterburners and had me into the backing in a few seconds. and then the line went slack- hook broken at the start of the bend!
1/0 stainless steel gammy hook and fly only used once before - arrghh!
A couple of random sprat chases after that (no hits) and one 20cm snapper released.
Some exciting stuff but would have loved to have seen if the speedster was a kahawai or a rat king ...