Aloha, here in Hawaii we call big ahi gorillas. Today I got one. I lost one on friday at the gaff, and my friend lost one today, also at the gaff. I got it on conventional gear on this blue maurader. By the way that lure has caught over 500lbs of ahi, ono and ulua in the past month. I also got this ono today, and the mahi yesterday. I got the mahi on a spinner. We got about 20 samll ahi and I got some of those on the fly. I just don't see how anyone could get an ahi like this on the fly rod. It is hard enough on conventional gear, it took me 45 minutes to land this fish today. Sashimi for everyone. Laterz, Mems.