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06-14-2004, 03:05 PM
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I went trout fishing this weekend and caught a bunch of really nice fish. The biggest was an 11 lb 9 oz rainbow trout. For those that were discussing using cicadas for bait, I was using a cicada pattern fly when I caught the biggest of the trout. Some of the fish we cleaned had dozens of cicadas in their belly. Hopefully some of the pictures I took will turn out well....if so I will be posting them in the near future.
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06-14-2004, 09:19 PM
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Rep Power: 79 | | | Amen-----awesome rainbow!!!!! Hoping to go saltwater for some reds ( or anything else) soon.
WTG !!
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06-18-2004, 01:32 PM
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Rep Power: 7 | | | 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.
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06-19-2004, 09:08 AM
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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.
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06-19-2004, 10:24 AM
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06-19-2004, 10:27 AM
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06-19-2004, 01:00 PM
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Congrats, not many people have the skill it takes to land one using that light of equipment! That must have been a blast on that flyrod.
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06-19-2004, 04:35 PM
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Rep Power: 14 | | | HOLY SMOKES! Nice bow! I've only seen em that big in the Truckee river in the no fishing area or in a freakin aquarium!
Congrats!
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06-19-2004, 05:41 PM
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Rep Power: 10 | | | holy crap!! good catch! havent even made it out in the warm to wet the lines yet... hell the only lines ive had are satalite lines! ima have to take a week off and do nothing but catch fish... hell id settle for a carp!
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06-20-2004, 08:40 AM
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06-20-2004, 09:27 AM
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06-21-2004, 10:14 AM
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Remie - if that smile in the picture is any indication, I would say that is definitely a rainbow of a lifetime! | It is by far the biggest trout I ever caught. I will have to say I was pretty pleased with myself. I have more pictures being developed of some of my friends that went on the trip. I will post another one when I get them back. It shows around 20 fish ranging from probably 2lbs to 9 lbs. Not only the fish of a lifetime, but the trip of a lifetime.
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06-21-2004, 12:07 PM
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06-21-2004, 02:00 PM
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Remie is that can of Copenhagen in your pocket or a tin of Altoids? | Being in a fish camp brings out all my bad habbits. Too much beer and yes that is skoal. Lucky for me I can go back to the clean life when I get back home.
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06-21-2004, 02:46 PM
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Being in a fish camp brings out all my bad habbits. Too much beer and yes that is skoal. Lucky for me I can go back to the clean life when I get back home. | Oh boy! Fishing and hunting camps, even this board is too clean for me to tell those stories
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