Poking The Bear

I’m not gonna lie, we knew we were poking The Bear when we tagged the photo on Instagram.

My buddy Cory Sorel with a Hill Country scrapper,
a 5-pound carp he landed quickly on a 3-wt. fiberglass rod.
Photo by Aaron Reed

Earlier, when we reached the parking area above the river, I asked my buddy Cory if he’d be interested in swapping out his Orvis Recon 6-weight for my new C. Barclay glass 3-weight for the day. It took him just a few seconds to arrive at “yes.”

The Recon is fast carbon, a lovel...