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Hello everyone,
I wanted to post here and let you all know that thanks to some tips and support I have been able to finally land fish with some consistency on the lake.
I have only recently bought tons of tackle and an old boat to enjoy fishing some waters here around south east idaho.
In my last two trips to Springfield in the past week, I have landed about about 20 rainbows and probably missed at least that many due to the really active and jumpy fish there. Last time I felt fish fight so hard was at Henry's lake when I landed a Hybrid.
I will first admit I was using rapals and spoons. but after landing a few with those, I've caught about 5 and missed 6 with my fly rod. I was using wet cel II sinking, with a orange leach pattern. What a blast to land a 16-18" rainbow with killer fight!
My presentation is getting a little better, but I find myself missing too much if I see the fish approaching the leach. I tend to jerk too soon if I see the fish. Way fun but frustrating to miss! I tend to hook up better if it is on a blind cast retrieve. I have yet to land a 20" rainbow but I think there might be some out there. No browns recently, only one bout 6 weeks ago.
Thanks to everyone here at BFT all for your help in my learning of fishing!

Match
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awesome post and awesome looking fish.. congrats on your succes.. I look forward to seeing more posts from you in the future...

MacFly [cool]
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Right on MatchT. We try to keep Springfield on a pm list because of it's LACK of size.
Very nice fish. They could be Kamloops. I am not sure how you can tell the difference, but I know Idaho stocks several Res. with them and you are right on them fighting better than anything.
I never made it up there this year with the remodeling turning into a year project, but good to hear this report.

Stay in touch on lake "S".
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][size 3]Hi there Match and thanks for taking the time to make a post and show us your fish.[/size][/#008000][/font]
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It really helped to have information from some of you for sure. Thanks again,

I would like to know why do some of these fish have worn out fins? they look incomplete as if they have been used too much...
FG i've tried to do research on difference between Kamloop and rainbow. I thought it was same fish and kamloop was area or hatchery.

anyways my timing was good, and the my patience paid off after so many hours of being skunked.

days on a boat are now numbered for sure.

match
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Congrats big guy ! Just keep at it. You are doing very well.[]
And thank you for the nice report and pictures.

Peter
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in my experience fish that are held in the hatcherys longer tend to get more beat up and loose fins, gillplates and such. I am not sure if its from other fish, or the cement walls and bottom of the f&g runs. As for the diffrence i think a kamaloot is a type of lake rainbow that tends to grow faster and larger than a regular stream rainbow. i could be wrong with this but if my memory is correct i was told that at some point.
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I second Jigs. Kamloop are a Canadian strain. They do grow twice as fast.

I also know that certain lakes/res. [] are stocked with magnums (18" and up) because of the aviary (Birds)
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Kamloop info:

[url "http://stevenojai.tripod.com/kamloop.htm"]http://stevenojai.tripod.com/kamloop.htm[/url]
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