Besides a few broken rods my holiday in Florida last fall yielded a late bonus. After submitting a picture of a mayan cichlid caught in pond X with one of Enrico's flies my submission was chosen picture of the month.
Today I received a piece of mail from the States with my prize, a whole selection of EP flies. Big thanks to Enrico and Mark.

very nice. let us know how they work in the Netherlands. Pike maybe? or maybe us eon your next Florida adventure. Only 6 months to Oct. are you coming back?
Mark

I will try to go back to Florida this fall but it is not 100% sure I will be able to do that. First I have to coax my boss into giving me time off outside of the regular holiday season. Next week wednesday I have a meeting with him and will bring up the subject.

Marcel, Let me know you can stay at my place... Then the condo b@#$@ can't say a word.. and you will save money!!

I will keep it in mind. First I have to saveup some ammo to tell my boss what a fantastic employee I am. Then I ask him to give me four weeks off in October

Where can I find the pictue of your Mayan Chic?

Do you know how much a real big one would weigh? Last year I caught one for sure between 4 and 5 lbs on fly.

Thanks,

Andy

Here's the link to the picture
http://www.epflies.com/photos.html

I am not sure how big they get, this is what I found for the Florida record:

Mayan cichlid All-tackle 2 lbs. 8 oz. (1.13 kg) Holiday Park, FL 2/20/99 Jay Wright