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Got there late in the afternoon, and the trout were frothing the water... but I couldn't match the hatch!!!

PMD's, Baetis, crane flies, and caddis were all over the place. I touched a a couple fish with a size 20 CDC Baetis, but couldn't get the hook to hold, so I switched to deep nymphing with a pMD emerger... and caught small whitefish.

Out of despiration, I put on a big old parachute adams and cast it towards where I'd heard a pig slurping all night. It was almost dark, but I saw just the slightest shine of a rise form next to the rock where I thought my fly should be, and I struck. I was rewarded with an explosion and landed the 20 incher in the photo. Happy Freaking Halloween!

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Way to stick with it and it payed off. That river has humbled me more than once [fishon]
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Very nice fish - what flyfishing is really meant to be - a great reward for a little hard, albeit very enjoyable, work. Thanks for the report.
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Nice job, that is a healthy colorful fish. Your story brings back some of my more frustrating fishing memories - standing in that river casting over and over to huge feeding fish only to have them snub me like Susan Lucci at the Emmy's. The worst part is repeatedly changing tiny flies with numb fingers and failing eyesight only to be rejected again and again. Wait, no....the worst part is finally getting the right fly and hooking into a nice fish only to have it break off because your knot sucked (and deep down, you knew it was weak when you tied it). Good times.
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