A brown on a soft hackle..

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A brown on a soft hackle..

Post by Johnno » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:39 pm

Not my largest on a SH but certainly the fattest... and one of the top three or four for me for this little stream.

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See the rock upstream and next to it to our left is a little stick pointing into the water. I cast back over my left shoulder (willows for Africa to my right) and put the fly up into the gap and the drift down was past the boulder into those gnarly little currents one finds downstream of such things. It was a pure prospecting cast - no fish seen - it just looked....fishy.

Pure fluke, but the little Partridge and Green came to the party. A swirl, a tighten and then four jumps and a coupe of runs later.....

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A very pleased person was I. :D Rod is an 8 foot 4 wgt Penn. 6X tippet. 8-)
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Re: A brown on a soft hackle..

Post by letumgo » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:31 pm

Beautiful fish, John! Looks like one heck of a cast you made. Congratulations and thanks for taking us along.
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Re: A brown on a soft hackle..

Post by RnF » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:56 pm

Oh my, nice trout!
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Re: A brown on a soft hackle..

Post by William Anderson » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:10 pm

Good Lord, Johnno. You are in a really nice spot there. Beautiful catch. Thanks for posting that.

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Re: A brown on a soft hackle..

Post by upstate tj » Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:04 pm

:o Was it a full count,two outs,bottom of the ninth inning, because you threw that right in there. Nice cast, and fish, I agree that spot was crying out fishy.
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Re: A brown on a soft hackle..

Post by skunkaroo » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:14 pm

Very nice fish Johnno, and hardly a fluke. You knew what to look for and where to put the fly, and boy did it pay off. That's a fine fat fellow for a four weight.

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