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What Shiny White Teeth You Have
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Al Simson
I'm a guide working on Cape York at the top of Australia. My biggest love is sight fishing. Whether it be big trout or permit on the dry !!! It's all about the take.I grew up in Vancouver and Whistler B.C. and have been fishing in Australia for the last 12 years on and off and guiding here now for 4. I have been flyfishing for 30 years , commercial fly tying for 26 and have fished extensively through out B.C., the Yukon, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, North and South Islands of New Zealand and Tasmainia. 
By Al Simson
Published on 03/19/2008
 
Occasionally while fishing the mangrove lined banks for Barramundi and Mangrove Jacks I’ve had saltwater crocodiles eat the fly. They jump and twist and usually do a short run before you can bring them hissing to the boat for a closer inspection. You really have to watch out for their shiny white ivory they have while trying to unhook them. Most are small, between two and four foot long. I really would not want to deal with anything larger. Flies I’ve hooked them on are pink things and poppers. The surface take is pretty crazy when they chomp a popper. I don’t specifically target crocodiles on fly and they are only ever caught as a unusual by-catch. Being a protected species all have been very, very carefully released, unharmed I might add………..and YES, I still have all my fingers.