Fished thrasher this past weekend for the silva bay derby with pretty good results on Saturday and slow fishing on Sunday, although I was trying for a big ling Sunday. Started off Saturday with a big spring which we lost. Had a glo bullet roll chovy at 88 feet buried in a brand new Scotty Clip on the tightest setting. Fish hammered the rod bent it over and just started peeling line, my wife grabbed it and went to slack the drag a little and it broke the fresh tied leader. We both felt a brief stint of hopelessness thinking it was our one shot at a contender for the derby. The depression ended abruptly when we both watched my bottom rod that I had been bottom bouncing take two quick hits and then just bend over dead weight style. Happy to say we landed our first ever Hali on our boat, a nice little fourteen pound chicken. Picked it up with a chartreuse ace high and chartreuse flasher. This combo also picked up a few springs for us, nothin over twelve pounds though, but did land one at 240 feet and 200. Fishing was a little slow, water held up though and the derby was a good time, won a amundson reel for the Hali, that I can't wait to try out.