BillM Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Decided to pack the gear into the car before work yesterday and stop at one of my fav places on the way home. Weather was awesome, no bugs in sight (sans those hatching) and only a tad bit of wind. I have been told by a good friend that if you wanna catch big fish, you gotta use big bait. The upside of this is that usually if there is a monster hanging around, he'll make the effort to smash that 5inch streamer. Downside is that you won't get any of those 10-12inch piddlers that usually is a nice break in the action. I didn't hit the river at a very good time (4pm) but I thought I'd make the most of it. One thing I've learned is that big browns don't occupy the same space as big stealhead, so you gotta learn how to read the water differently. The places I've caught nice browns, I would have never fished if I was going after steelhead. There is definitely a learning curve, even more so on pressured fish like these. It was nice to put all those tactics together and have it pay off. Not a monster by any means, but a nice fish for this system.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Nice Bill ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 great pics..... thanks for the adventure too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 What a beauty Bill!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketchenany Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Beautiful fish Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Nice brown trout there Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice fish Bill, but even more impressive are the photos, assuming you took them yourself. Great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks Dan! Didn't even bring my DSLR, only had my SD1400 with me I had to chase that fish down two sets of pools, I thought for sure I was going to lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice shots Bill. Love the color on these things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 pretty fish bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Sweet fish man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish_finder Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Awesome buddy!! Looks like you are getting fly fishin figured out dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 nice brown !!!!cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Is King Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice fish! Beautiful Colours!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great fish, great report - thanks Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 wow ... great pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Very nice Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks Brian, we still got some local brownie chasing to do Water temps should still be good for a few more weeks. Let me know if you're up for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2fish85 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice fish, looks like an awesome spot you got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Beauty!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
targaboy175 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Beautiful fish man !!! nice pic !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock34 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Beauty Bill. Ill take that brownie anyday! If and when your ready to fish my home river, just let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 For sure man, I've been actually thinking about it quite a bit. I'm sure the hatches are going crazy down there with all this warm weather. We'll have to hook up in the very near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallacio Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great fish buddy. Sorry I had to bail on you that night. BTW nice fly! It looks familiar!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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