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[Stranglethorn Extravaganza] Extravaganza Winner Interviews - Farstriders

  1. By DarvenTHO <Angler> 5 months ago

    Hello fellow anglers and worm afficianados! Reporting to you live from Booty Bay in the fishing mecca of Stranglethorn Vale, I'm Darven Jenkins your angling reporter.

    We had a wonderful tournament here yesterday on February 17th in which the winner checked in at an incredible 23 minutes after the start bell! You do the math on that, HAHA! Our winner was lucky fisherman Monkeyslayer, a proud member of the Sorcery and Steel guild. Monkeyslayer is a level 70 human rouge, and this was his first win ever. As with most first time winners, he choose the Arcanite Fishing Pole as his prize. I spoke with Monkeyslayer and asked him about his fishing skills, and here's the run-down...

    Skill - 375 fishing skill
    Tackle - Big Iron Fishing Rod
    Previous tournament attempts - 8-12 times

    Monkeyslayer said that he had previously caught the rare Angelfish and was wearing his Lucky Fishing Hat during his win. Monkeyslayer also told me that he applied a lure at the start of the tournament but did not re-apply once the lures time had ran out.

    Congratulations to Monkeyslayer and his first ever win in the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. We want to thank El's Extreme Angling for their continued contributions to the fishing community and we'll see you next week! This is Darven from The Highest Order saying "So long, I'm going to wet a hook."

  2. By Kylkiluut <Community Organizer> 5 months ago

    Great! I would like to see more reports from winners (and maybe some from the also-rans).

    Thanks!

  3. By Volrax <Angler> 3 months ago

    I won the extravaganza for the second time this weekend. Tips from this website contributed to my victory. Thanks El!

    Without giving away my exact spot, I will say that I did not spend much time traveling up and down the coast.

    During both of the tournaments I won, I noticed an abnormal number of people choosing not to fish in the pools I was fishing. This week, I finished in 21 minutes, and only shared a pool once.

    Immediately preceding my first win, I summoned a mechanical greench. Maybe people felt they had to respect the greench and give me some room. Subsequent attempts (with admittedly less cool pets, such as the hounds from SM or mechanical yetis) did not yield the same respect.

    For my first win, I was using a strong fishing pole with no lure and none of the extraganza gear. After all, STV is not that difficult to fish. Since then, I have used the FC-5000, not wanting people to see me with the Arcanite Pole and follow me around. I do recommend an Azure Silk Belt. I thought I would need swiftness potions, water walking potions, and/or swim speed potions, but I did not use any in either of my wins. Still, they might be nice to have on hand... couldn't hurt.

    I have spent a lot of time fishing, and have competed in the extravaganza an awful lot, but I don't think skill has much to do with it, past a certain point. It comes down to whether other anglers are fishing your pools. If they are, all you can do is wait until next week. As with all things fishing, patience is key.

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