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Wait!! Don't Throw Back That Little Fish

Big news for all the minnow catchers of thecatching small fish, I will soon be the world
world.In a recent article I read near the endrecord holder for smallest fish caught with a
of January, scientists think they havefly. Even as we speak I am contacting the
discovered what is the world's smallest fish.folks at Gamakatsu hook manufacturers, trying
The Paedocypris progenetica-a member of theto get them to make up a bunch of #173 size
carp family-has been found in a peat swamp inhooks, so that I can tie the world's smallest
Indonesia.The little fellar or "lady" as itfly.Provided the Paedocypris procrastinaticus
turns out, is a whopping 7.9 millemeters longwill take a fly.I also am contacting G.
and has a complete vertebrae in it's tinyLoomis to see if I can get a .005 weight
little "micro-carp" body.This has the boyscustom "A.J. Klott special" rod manufactured
down at the Raffles Museum of Biodiversityfor what surely will become the next craze in
Research doing handsprings and high fivingthe fishing world. You can almost see ESPN
each other in what must resemble a Super Bowlhosting the world's first Microfishing
like celebration.If I had known this wasChampionships of the World where heavily
going to be such big news, I would have longsponsored small fish enthusiasts compete for
ago invited the research team on one of mythe BIG Bucks!!The markrting team down at
fishing adventures, because surely they wouldIntel better take note of this, because they
have gone ape every time I hauled in a onewill want to surely get first crack at
inch fingerling on my three inch fly.Now thatsponsoring a "micro event " like this.The
is something to get excited about.The articleweigh in should be an extremely tense moment,
goes on to state that the new species waswhen contestants pull their Indo-Pacific
found in a highly acidic peat swamp on theGobys, Paedocypris giganticas, and
island of Sumatra in water that mostSchindleria brevipinguis, out from their live
fishermen will refer to as "frog water". Darkwells and leap high into the air as the
tea colored water that is 100 times morewinning kilograms are announced. Sprinting
acidic than rainwater. More important thanabout fanatically with tweezers aloft,
that it states that the male "carplet"showing the world their impish trophy, and
evidently has an enlarged pelvic fin andtearfully thanking the folks at Trilby
exceptionally large muscles that it uses toTropicals for supplying the brine shrimp bait
grasp the female during fishythat brought in the "smallie".Don't laugh-it
copulation.Outside of the facts that I amcan happen!Anyway, next time you are out
extremly uncomfortable knowing that the Biofishing and feel that frustrating feeling of
boys are engaging in fish voyeurism and thathaving another guppy stealing your bait, you
the male "mini-carp" is forcing himself onmight want to just double check that fish
the smaller female of the specie, it isthat appears to be half the size of your
exciting that in this day and age we canhook. You may have just earned your way into
still find any new specie of any sort.Ofthe annals of fishing history or better yet,
course the usual doom and gloom comes withearned yourself a place at the Royal Society
the finding, as peat swamps are under threatof Londons next big fish fry......A.J.
in Indonesia due to fires lit by plantationKlottAuthor, writer of fishing humor,and "fly
owners and unchecked development andtack" peddler.A.J. writes about the
farming.I for one, hope to make it to Sumatrapeople,characters and modern day events that
soon- because this may be my only chance tosurround the fishing world. His first book is
make it into any record book of any kind. Idue out in December of 2005.
am confident that with my past history of



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