hooked this one on my fifth cast of the day, I caught one last year about the same size with the exact fly in the exact same spot in the pool. This measured a true 23 inches and was extremely thick did not fight hard at all though.
Great fish! The number of big fish in the system right now is amazing. As people have said, they are often spawned out and don't fight very hard, but are impressive nonetheless. Here's a pic of a hawg I caught a ways upstream of the bridge a couple months ago...this fish was bright and healthy and put up an amazing fight...better than many steelhead I've tangled with. I'm hoping for more of the same this weekend
Good grief! Definitely the first one in line for every meal. Your net looks a little overmatched--might want to borrow JT's...Great fish! Welcome aboard.
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Wow! This one is FAT! A real football! Nice pics guys, thanks for sharing. I hope I hook a pig too this week-end! (Actually, catching anything would be fine at this point... almost 2 weeks without fishing, got bad withdrawal symptoms...)
I hear you. It's a long drive for me up to Winters, but always well worth the trip. I usually can't go two weeks without getting the itch to come back. Anyway, I've really been enjoying everyone's reports on this message board. I probably see most of you out on the water and don't even know it!