They do exist

[Buzzy]

Well done Billy!! I hit that mayfly hatch last year - I left my dry flies at home and the fish were looking up

 

[Guy Gregory]

I like big trout and I can not lie….
What a day!

 

[Islander]

Super! Love big fish days!

 

[Billy]

Well done !!! Were any fish taking dries off the top?

Oh yeah definitely! No I didn't try a dry. In fact looking back I didn't really get a chance to match the hatch. I guess this time it didn't matter!

 

[Florida Man]

Some seriously nice fish. That last one is a tank.

 

[Scottybs]

Dah-ham!!! Billy, you are a chubby chaser!

 

[Ernie]

Wow, those large trout are nice to see coming from this lake.

 

[t_law]

Fucks sake! Take the name and location of that lake with you to your grave. Solid work!

 

[RCF]

Only one word; envious...

 

[HauntedByWaters]

When you say “They do exist”, do you mean non-anadromous steelhead? Because those look the part.

 

[Flymph]

You are giving @Triploidjunkie a run for the money but he has yet to post the fall run brown trout show!

 

[dep]

nice work - thanks for sharing,
been a while since I landed a hog

 

[dirty dog]

Sweeeeeet!!!!!

 

[Hem]

Billy, pretty certain you have things figured out. Wow,amazing day.
One of the flies I bought from you two years back paid dividends this past week.
Caught my biggest brookie ever. Thank you, thank you.

 

[Billy]

Billy, pretty certain you have things figured out. Wow,amazing day.
One of the flies I bought from you two years back paid dividends this past week.
Caught my biggest brookie ever. Thank you, thank you.View attachment 36869

Nice! Is that the brown with copper bead?

 

[Hem]

Nice! Is that the brown with copper bead?

Actually I realized the fly in the pic was my own version of your fly...the water was like glass and very bright out, so I had to fish a lighter,more sparse fly with a slow retrieve. Later in the day the wind picked up and switched to your olive fly with yellow bead. That fly was money on 3 more brookies and 5 rainbows. Your fly is the one above the coin.

 

[Smith]

Every once in awhile you come across the perfect fish day. Hope you enjoy this recap as much as I enjoyed the morning!

It started with an early trek in:View attachment 36353The lake was in great condition to start. First three fish were between 10-13. Did it summer kill? I worked into a shallow bay and then hooked bottom. That doesn't make sense because the bottom is muck. The bottom starts moving. Then all hell breaks loose and I break off on 3x Guess the big ones didn't summer kill. Same bay a short bit later:View attachment 36358Time to play with house money. Big fish mixed with the 10 to 13 inch slot is fun as can be.View attachment 36359I was throwing a small brown/copper bead jig leech until these started popping off:View attachment 36351 Switched to a small jig and went super shallow below an indicator: View attachment 36352The rises seemed small. The fish were not small:View attachment 36357This fish had to have been in about a foot of water when the indicator went nuts and the fish went absolutely bonkers with the hook set: View attachment 36354The lake got more and more gunked up. I couldn't use the indicator anymore and went back to the little brown jig leech. Caught several more smaller fish. Around 1230 I had enough gunk and started thinking it was time to call it. View attachment 36349As I kicked in just after noon I made one last long cast and set the hook into a wall. My guess and I don't think many will believe me is 6 to 7 pounds. The girth was unreal:View attachment 36350Doesn't get much better: Cheers!
Billy

Unbelievable. Excellent post!

 

[Billy]

Unbelievable. Excellent post!

Thank you!