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Yesterday a buddy and I decided to go out and do some fly fishing. We had to wait till late afternoon to go and I almost canceled our trip numerous times. Boy am I glad I didn't. We got to the river around 3:00. It was beautiful outside and we couldn't have asked for better weather in mid January. We both started catching fish right away. After two decent browns I started to get very frustrated because I had already had to untangle my line and broke off three flies in the first 30 minutes. I hadn't cast a fly rod much in months and I was a little bit rusty to say the least. After an hour I was finally finding my groove again and started hooking into a good number of bows and browns. Nothing big but I was just happy to be out casting my rod again. I would have been totally happy to call it for the evening but was so glad I didn't. My last fish I hooked into was a new personal best. I just about crapped my drawers when I saw him come out from depths and take my fly. I was so paranoid of breaking off because of my recent history that afternoon. Took me almost 20 minutes to finally land the pig. While trying to land the fish I had been whistling and yelling for my buddy who was up stream and around the bend. He never heard me and I was gonna have to go get him. After finally landing the fish I worked my way upstream crouching the whole way to keep the fish in the water. While doing so I tripped on a rock and went head first into the to river. The fish swam out of my net and I thought he was gone. Luckily he was still hooked and I was able to rope him back in. Now soaking wet I finally got my buddies attention to come take a picture for me. We never got an official measurement but he was an inch or two past three 22" mark on my net. What a fun trip it was. The lost flies, getting soaked, and the sore knee I have today from my fall was all worth it. Its going to be a great year!
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The pictures were so big that they weighed 5 pounds and didn't fit the screen. Ron
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Congrats on an amazing fish! The story is one of my favorites this winter season.
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that fish is a slob!!!!! if it took a dry fly i can assume what he was eating this time of year. what leader did you land him on?
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Slab of a trout, from the 2nd pic I have an idea of where you were at........there are some pigs in that stretch of the river. If its where I think it.
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very nice fish man I love that feeling. where were you at
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Very nice!
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beautiful fish congrats [cool]
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What an awesome looking fish!
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Great fish! Congrats. See-sometimes our fishing OCD does pay off!
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Wow, that first picture is something! I would think you might be able to sell it to an outdoor magazine. It really is something! Mike
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That's a beautiful fish. I love the spotting. I've never caught one that was spotted all over like that. And like someone else said, that one picture is truely magazine cover material. Awesome!
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Thanks guys. That fish is one will remember for a long time. Hopefully it is a sign of what my year will be like. Although if we don't get a bunch more moisture soon fishing is gonna be tough this year.
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Awesome fish! Even better story! Congrats.
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