Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

Originally Posted by viper

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Ask and you shall receive.
Horse of a fish, not to bad on an 8lb trace.
He wasn't well hooked as the bite was so soft I hardly lifted the rod.
Excuse the funny stance but I had nearly dropped the bugger n the first attempt to lift him and by this stage I had decided to release him ( was a close call to kill him and get it mounted ) so I didn't want to drop him.
Low light and a stranger using my phone for the photo.

Funny side note: The guy that took this photo had pulled in after me and was messing around getting his gear sorted. He glanced down and said " you hooked up ?" a casual yeah as at this stage it was down deep and out of sight.
I had left my net in the car so he came down with a little trout net. We were talking away with another guy who turned up and I was cool as shit.
Rod held high, not watching the fish and making eye contact with the other two guys when the fish broke the surface....there were a second or two of silence broken by " holy shit I need a bigger net " at which point he sprinted towards his van ( in waders )
and was heard smashing and bashing shit out of the way in the back of the van.
By the time he was back I had it beached ( was a shock to see the size of it ) . Netted , weighted, returned ...all I wanted was a 5lb Salmon for my lovely wife.......never caught one today, went home empty handed.

Awesome fish!