Ocean to windy go catch trout

[SnackAttack]

Woke thismorning around 3:25am tey hunting and made sure I had my 3 wt fly rod just in case nothing was stirring in the woods. Well to say the least, it was windy and a full moon and not one gobble. Ileft the wood around 7:30 and had some breakfast then hit a local stream. I could see the fish mulling around but they wouldn't hit. All of a sudden, I see a huge swirl that I thought was a small mouth bass. I went into my fly box and found a large #10 hopper. I figured whatever was feeding on the top anted somethin big. I place the fly perfect on the first cast and it was on. As soon as the fish jumped, I was supprised to see it was a large rainbow. After about a 3 min battle it hit the net. It was 22" and I guessed it about 3 or so lbs.
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I fished fo abou 3 hours catching many more smaller fish then I hooked into another beauty. This one as well as many of the others took a #14 bead head phesant tail:
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It turned out to be a great day an the fillets are in the brine and will be in the smoker all day Sunday.

I hope everyone out there has a wonderfull Memorial Day Weekend and don't forget to Thank A Vet :)

[AndyS]

Some nice phat trout !!

Can't go wrong with #14 bead head phesant tail :)

[SnackAttack]

Iwould love to get you started fly fishing. It's so much more fun then that spinner fishing. Let me know, and I'll meet you up at Penn Creek some time.

[AndyS]

Get me started ? When I was 12 I got a Cherrywood fly rod under the Christmas tree, I think ABU Garcia made it. I remember going to a tackle store that was in the Blue Star shopping center and drooling all over a fly rod the guy had in the store. I was fly fishing the big fast water of the Raritan over 40 years ago with streamers for smallmouth. Fished the slower water with poppers. I still have my fly rod here in the corner of the office but I don't break it out that often. Most New Jersey water is so small you can't even back cast. I always think of visiting my roots and getting back down on the big water with streamers for smallmouth. The Black Ghost was my favorite.

[ithaca10]

Nice bows!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice chunky Bows!!!!!