Don’t usually post fish photos but thought I would share this one with you. These are the two largest of a very nice day. Larger one was 21".
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Well, what did they eat?
Nice looking trout, would also like to know what they ate.
What is chiefly needed is skill rather than machinery.
— Wilbur Wright, 1902
Nothing special. I used a variety of clouser styles but I think they really liked the ones with a little extra flash tied in. Here’s a shot (sorry for the crappy picture):
I know at first glance the hooks look a little jacked up but its for a reason. I used the longer shank hooks to help with bite-offs, especially since these trout were mixed in with some blues. Also, I bent up the front a little in a jig hook fashion - they’re talking about this as the next best thing to sliced bread on one of the other flyfishing boards. Thought I would give it a try and it seemed to produce reasonable hookups.
Very nice…The trout on fly if good stuff. I got into thick a couple of times last year in 10-15 ft of water. They would inhale the fly on the swing. I wanted to bring out the 4 wt but woulda had to rig a sink tip, etc and never did it!
I fished the full sinking line with a 9wt and a floater with a 10wt (9 & 10 I know, overkill - but it sure was nice with that 15-20mph wind). With the extra large dumbell eyes I was able to get down deep enough with the floater. I also found that “seam” where you just knew they’d be sitting. Funny how the ole stream trout fishing know-how helps out every once in a while.
nice looking. i guess the 60 degree would reduce snags like on some of the new jigs. that seems to be hot in the bass world. are those mustad 34011 or some other?
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