Except these bullies, we all like these…..
I fished the run in front of camp after dinner last night. I was fishing a dry dropper set up from earlier in the day. I hooked a nice cutty on the dry and then things got interesting.
I saw the fish that ate my beetle and it was a decent fish but about halfway through the fight it started to pull harder than I would have expected a fish of that size. As it came back down stream toward me, I could see it being chased. The fish was still 15-20 feet away but I could see the bull trout right on his ass. They both turned back up stream and then the rod got really heavy and line began peeling through my fingers. I had them both hooked!
It was quite a rodeo for about 15-20 seconds. Somewhere in that tussle the smaller fish came off the top fly but the bull trout was still connected. I assumed the fish must have become foul hooked during the chase but was pleasantly surprised to raise his head when I applied some pressure. After a few minutes, and clutch net job by my wife, I had landed my first bull trout
. The stoke level was high! I was so happy to see my size 16 perdigon pinned in the nose of that bull trout. I really didn’t want my first bull trout to have been foul hooked.
My wife has never used my camera before so we did a quick tutorial and was able to capture a couple decent pics.
I fished the run in front of camp after dinner last night. I was fishing a dry dropper set up from earlier in the day. I hooked a nice cutty on the dry and then things got interesting.
I saw the fish that ate my beetle and it was a decent fish but about halfway through the fight it started to pull harder than I would have expected a fish of that size. As it came back down stream toward me, I could see it being chased. The fish was still 15-20 feet away but I could see the bull trout right on his ass. They both turned back up stream and then the rod got really heavy and line began peeling through my fingers. I had them both hooked!
It was quite a rodeo for about 15-20 seconds. Somewhere in that tussle the smaller fish came off the top fly but the bull trout was still connected. I assumed the fish must have become foul hooked during the chase but was pleasantly surprised to raise his head when I applied some pressure. After a few minutes, and clutch net job by my wife, I had landed my first bull trout
. The stoke level was high! I was so happy to see my size 16 perdigon pinned in the nose of that bull trout. I really didn’t want my first bull trout to have been foul hooked. My wife has never used my camera before so we did a quick tutorial and was able to capture a couple decent pics.
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Good job working the net!
That's so awesome. Bulls can be so hard to catch and then do stuff like this. Congrats!
