We were able to make our annual pilgrimage to the hog factory to get into some big boys, hopefully preparing us for a summer of chasing fish on smaller streams. It was a great day. We went through a ton of flies that fish broke off or bent the hooks out and one fish even busted a fly rod clean in half during the fight. These fish are stout, and they are not happy to be caught. It was a great time. We've attached a few pictures here, and more "hero shots" can be seen at the bottom of the page in a slide show. The pictures tell the story for the day. Not much more needs to be said.
Check out the slide show here as well.
Some very large trout with feisty attitudes made for a lot of fun. One highlight of the trip was catching a 9-10 inch bow and stripping line to land the little fella, only to have all the sudden my line take off at mach 12 the opposite direction. A very large trout had decided that my catch looked like a tasty treat and was ripping line off my reel faster than you could figure out what was happening. I tried to tighten down my drag, the large fish jumped, and let go of the smaller fish, leaving it mostly unharmed. Was quite the experience. Thanks fellas for another great day on the water.
-Tyson
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