Spring Fishing

May 28 2009

Hello All,

Memorial Day was a great holiday weekend for us. Rinda (my girlfriend) and I hit the Bighorn River here in Wyoming for some fly fishing. This is Rinda’s second year at the helm of a fly rod and reel and she has been searching for a “big” trout ever since first picking up the sport. I think all of my talk of huge fish ripping line off my reel has worn off on her. Well on Monday morning at 9:00 AM her quest was fulfilled.

With a cone-headed Muddler Minnow and a Girdlebug (my favorite fly for big Brown Trout) in tow she latched on to a “Wild Brown” trout of epic proportions on a heavily fished public river. This monster hammered, you guessed it the Girdlebug in only about 14-inches of water lying against the far bank and he took it slow. Rinda set the hook on him and all hell broke loose.

With the over-cast skies above and a drizzling rain in the air, I did not get a good look at the fish from behind the oars until he lit up and went airborne. It was then and there I was glad she rigged up with an 8 ½ pound leader. After a fifteen minute fight and plenty of barking orders from my mouth she landed the trout and what a gorgeous brown he was.

I knew we were destined for big fish as I forgot my good camera that morning and would be left to resort to my Blackberry camera phone. The photos do not do this fish justice. He is right at a little bit over six pounds and almost 24-inches long-a hook-jawed monster brown and one hell of a fight to go along with it. Rinda did a great job fighting her first “big” trout. I am very proud of her. Maybe the next one will be mine.

Just thought you might enjoy a photo. Cheers and good luck with your next outdoor endeavor.

Guy