Hassan's 18 lb Wiper

Ali Hassan of the Denver, Colorado Hassans, taunts us with yet another picture of a massive white bass / striped bass hybrid (Wiper). This one was caught on a road trip to Nebraska during a time when he probably should have working and not fishing. Ali tells us that he had no luck until he took extreme measures to match the hatch by catching some of the local baitfish in his landing net.

On another note Ali is now FlyfishMagazine.com's official Survival Editor. He will soon be providing us with an article on lessons learned in the wild during his recent trip. Lesson one will be no matter how thirsty you might be, don't ever drink lake water even if Bear Grylls says its OK to do so if you squeeze it through your shirt first.

Bonus points for the offspring shooting the Victory sign. Based on the cuteness of the kids we can only say that Ali must have a very lovely wife.

Break Time Slab

FlyfishMagazine.com's Westernmost Representative, Ali Hassan taunts us with this beast of a "Wiper" (white bass / Striper hybrid). The monster was subdued not two miles from Ali's office in Denver, Colorado no doubt as he took an extended "restroom break". This slab was so big we didn't even give him a hard time about the spinning rod in the background.

We call him the Sultan of Stripe...

Our pal and co-worker from Denver, CO, Ali Hassan, keeps promising to take us fishing for these things he calls "Wipers." After seeing this photo it was all we could do to stay at work and not board the next plane headed West. Ali caught this striper / white bass hybrid fishing an unnamed Nebraska lake. The first fish he hooked spooled him and the one pictured took 10 minutes to land.

Obviously, Ali is not spending enough time in the office.