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Originally posted by NightTrain
Wow, awesome rainbow!
The largest 'bow I've ever landed was 8 pounds, that baby was a monster. I heard the Jaws theme playing when he first hit. I was using a silver vibrax on 4 pound test... that was one helluva battle. |
I just emailed a pic of this fish for Jim to post. It took 40 minutes to net this one. I had 12 lb leader on my fly rod but 3 lb tippet and a 4 weight rod. I didnt get nervous until I saw the fish the first time and then my heart was in my throat. He had my reel stripped down to the backing more than once and I was running up and down the bank trying to gain some of my line back. All and all I was very lucky to land him. To top it all off my trout net wasnt designed for a fish this big and I had a bitch of a time netting him. Maybe the rainbow of a lifetime.