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15 years ago today, Gene Gramzow set the IGFA Men’s 10-kg (20 lb) Tippet Class World Record after landing and releasing this massive 22.67-kg (50-pound) Chinook salmon 🏆. Gene was fly fishing the Skeena River, British Columbia, Canada, and took over an hour to land this record king salmon on his 8 wt R.L. Winston Rod Company – BIIX rod. #fishIGFA
The IGFA’s Learn-to-Fish clinics with National Park Service locations in the southeast region was recently featured in NewsWave, a digital magazine from the U.S. Department of the Interior: Ocean, Great Lakes and Coasts. 🎣
Learn more about the program on Page 5 of the Spring/Summer 2020 issue, a program made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation. Update: The Learn-to-Fish clinic at Augusta Canal National Heritage Area has been further postponed to April 2021.
To access the entire Spring/Summer 2020 issue, visit ➡️ www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/newswave-spring-summer2020.pdf.
8 years ago today, Angelo Ruvio set the IGFA All-Tackle World Record with this incredible 29.57-kilogram (65-pound, 3-ounce) great northern tilefish (golden tilefish) 🏆. On August 8th, 2012 he set off to Poor Man’s Canyon, New Jersey, equipped with a Jigging Master reel spooled up with Jerry Brown line and his Capt Harry's Fishing Supply Co Inc rod. Angelo was bottom fishing with squid, felt a thump, and reeled up the biggest tilefish they had ever seen. He and the crew brought the massive tilefish to Reel Life Bait and Tackle for an official weight that secured his first and only IGFA World Record. #fishIGFA