May 3: Nice brookies and a 21" female brown

[Scudly]

Fished with Tommy on Black Creek again. I lost what Tommy believes was the largest brook trout he has ever seen on this creek and he grew up here. So that was exciting. Tommy just got through back surgery on a ruptured L5 disc so he had to take it slow. Still Tommy ended up landing the nicest fish. For the better anyway, I hope he is not too sore tomorrow.

Earlier in the day I was back at Smith Creek. Fishing my way upstream I kicked up a pretty decent trout say around 16" and decided to switch gears and try worms. Working my way upstream the 16" fish never took but to my surprise this fat beautiful 21" female brown clobbered it. Again just like my last outing with the giant carp, I felt out of control. Was this fish going to get away from me? She went just like a rocket trying to smash loose. At first based on the size of the fish I assumed it had to be a big northern. Nope, a big old brown!

Off to a good start this year. [biggrin]

[Redlantern]

She's a beaut.

[MichaelSwan]

Very nice!

[Andrew Erickson]

nice! love those brookies

[Driftless]

4 years ago you did not have such good success with catching big trout. Have you changed the areas you fish or have you changed your techniques?

[Scudly]

Fall of 2008 is when I started to become more successful at targeting and landing big trout. I gave the fly rod a break and focused on big spinners, worms, and the occasional chub tail. Fly fishing has a special place in my heart and I enjoy doing it, just not when I target beast browns like this one.