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Title: Stopped to fish on my way home
Post by: westernmas on Nov 01, 2018, 08:18 AM: And after about my 10th cast I reeled in my biggest rainbow this year. It hit an olive bugger dead drifted. I thought I was snagged but after a couple of head shakes I knew I had a nice fish. It put up a heck of a fight in strong current. It was somewhere in the 18 inch range, my net opening is 15, and it felt like an easy 3lbs. Glad I had left my gear in my truck.

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Title: Re: Stopped to fish on my way home
Post by: maxma on Nov 01, 2018, 08:29 AM: Such a beauty! Congrats buddy!
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Post by: zwiggles on Nov 01, 2018, 09:26 AM: That’s a good one! Right at dusk?
Title: Re: Stopped to fish on my way home
Post by: westernmas on Nov 01, 2018, 09:27 AM: Quote from: zwiggles on Nov 01, 2018, 09:26 AM
That’s a good one! Right at dusk?

Yup, right after 6.
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Post by: Jschumacher on Nov 01, 2018, 09:35 AM: Nice fish Pat. Pays off leaving the gear in the truck
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Post by: lowaccord66 on Nov 01, 2018, 10:58 AM: Awesome bow Pat.
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Post by: manitron on Nov 01, 2018, 01:13 PM: Great fish Pat!
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Post by: lowaccord66 on Nov 01, 2018, 01:54 PM: Might hit some this afternoon if you are around.
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Post by: SHaRPS on Nov 01, 2018, 02:57 PM: Nice fish Pat.

Good luck Jon
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Post by: bogtrotter on Nov 01, 2018, 03:49 PM: Good one. It's a whopper!
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Post by: Swampking89 on Nov 01, 2018, 03:51 PM: Nice fish man!!
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Post by: westernmas on Nov 01, 2018, 04:25 PM: Thanks guys
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Post by: MattyP123 on Nov 01, 2018, 06:16 PM: Nice fish! What size bugger? I only ask cause I don't have much luck dead drifting with them
Title: Re: Stopped to fish on my way home
Post by: westernmas on Nov 02, 2018, 08:10 AM: Quote from: MattyP123 on Nov 01, 2018, 06:16 PM
Nice fish! What size bugger? I only ask cause I don't have much luck dead drifting with them

It was pretty big, I'd say a size 6 or 8, with a good sized tungsten bead head. I was fishing an area with really fast water that was maybe ten feet wide so I was almost tenkara fishing. I was just casting upstream, high sticking it down below me and repeating.
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Post by: lowaccord66 on Nov 02, 2018, 10:42 AM: Ironically 6-8 Pat's rubber legs dead drifted have been getting slammed. Now I'm throwing 3-4" streamers looking for that one huge brown.