Favorite fish of 2022

Peach · Dec 28, 2022

2022 ended up being a pretty good year. The most of the fishing wasn't fast or furious, but size and quality were good this year. This ongoing drought conditions forced me to try new locations, which was cool to find new fishing holes. Exploration is one of the itmes which makes fly fishing fun for me.

Two fish stand out for 2022. The Golden Trout since it was my first Golden and the not so easy journey to catch it, plus my daughter making the hike with me to go get it. I was almost skunked until the last moments of the trip - had to figure out how to catch them.

The second was a personal best Tiger that I caught - good fight, I didn't know Tigers jumped until I caught this bad boy.

Peach

chief · Dec 28, 2022

This was one of the nicer cutthroat landed from many alpine lake hikes last summer.

Divad · Dec 28, 2022

@mcswny that photo with your daughter is incredible! That is a memory to last a lifetime and then some.

Billy · Dec 28, 2022

Divad said:
@mcswny that photo with your daughter is incredible! That is a memory to last a lifetime and then some.

AGREED. brought back memories of my little guy on my back

troutpocket · Dec 28, 2022

A couple that stand out. The sturgeon was caught with bait and heavy gear. Dang they are strong. And cutthroat are just cool!

DoesItFloat · Dec 28, 2022

Hottest fish I've landed in December.

Roper · Dec 28, 2022

Trifecta!

RRSmith · Dec 28, 2022

What's most memorable for me in 2022 are a couple of trips I made with grandson Chase. First up is a nice LCT taken on our inaugural trip to Pyramid with my buddy Dan. The second is Chase's first ever tidewater spring chinook. I can't wait to see what 2023 has in store for us

Billy · Dec 28, 2022

My best smallie day from last year

Dr. Magill · Dec 28, 2022

Billy said:
My best smallie day from last yearView attachment 47152

Those look more like biggies

DimeBrite · Dec 28, 2022

Found many nice Yucatan juvenile tarpon in 2022.

Caught a few big Dungeness by hand in the shallows.

Caught a bunch of albacore tuna with @Nick Clayton , @Kfish , and @jasmillo

Landed a nice wild coho buck from the beach in north Puget Sound.

Wrangled with some big jacks, snappers, kob, and tarpon in Africa.

Brute · Dec 28, 2022

Billy said:
My best smallie day from last yearView attachment 47152

And all on one cast…impressive

Fly-by · Dec 28, 2022

Arnavatnsheidi plateau, Iceland

Brute · Dec 28, 2022

Billy said:
My best smallie day from last yearView attachment 47152

And all on one cast…impressive

Fly-by said:
Arnavatnsheidi plateau, Iceland

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ive caught my biggest brown there…

Fly-by · Dec 28, 2022

Brute said:
ive caught my biggest brown there…

Not the biggest fish of the trip, but the best take. The water in the background is an unnamed meadow stream a few hundred yards in length connecting two lakes. The surrounding bog is super spongy and any movement will put down the fish. I crept around 70 feet upstream of the last rise and then shook out line and a size 14 foam beetle which took 3 or 4 minutes given how little current there was. His larger buddy shadowed him for most of the fight.

jasmillo · Dec 28, 2022

2022 was a fun year. Was able to fish a lot and target some species I have not in the past. At least with a fly rods.

I’ll start with freshwater.

Lots of trout. Lakes and rivers.

My biggest lake trout ever. Caught casting a Dalai Llama at the mouth of a feeder creek in AK.

Some solid river rainbows. Also in AK. A couple of many.

Back home, some nice lake bows and coastal cutts. The bow in the net topped 25 inches.

Also specifically targeted warm water species with a fly rod for the first time this year.

Scottybs · Dec 28, 2022

Took my 5 year old and drift boat over to the Bitteroot this summer, along with some camping in northern Idaho.

jasmillo · Dec 28, 2022

Saltwater is where I spent most of my time. It’s what’s close to home. Another solid year fishing Puget Sound! Bring on 2023!

Lots of SRC. Love these guys.