big cutthroat on the fly!

[brandon4455]

this fish is massive.. without a doubt one of the biggest i have caught on this stream and the biggest i have caught in the past 2 years and on my fly rod. He was sitting in a small riffle where i had just caught a smaller fish. as soon as i set the hook he took off downstream and i immediately had to chase him down atleast 50ft downstream. my backing was showing and i was afraid my line would break. but in about 4 minutes i managed to bring the fish to shore, take a couple pics of him and released this beautiful giant to swim another day. also caught a few other fish today but nothing compared to the big one! will upload more pics of the trips here soon. including a few quicks ones i snapped of the big fish. these pics,like most on my phone dont do it justice. ps: he took a size 12 rubber legged bead head prince in a small riffle. and if your thinkign this fish isn't big just remember, it isn't a westlope,lahontan or even sea run. it is a resident coastal cutthroat.

 

[beaverfan]

Nice one bro!

 

[Spydeyrch]

Nice fish there brandon!!!! was it lower than we were saturday morning?

-Spydey

 

[brandon4455]

Nice fish there brandon!!!! was it lower than we were saturday morning?

-Spydey

sure was. about a mile lower maybe a bit more.

 

[I <3 <><]

Nice fish man!!!!

 

[the_intimidator03]

Beautiful fish there brandon.

 

[ninja2010]

good job, doooood... now, that's a trout :clap::clap::clap:

 

[skunk]

Very nice fish.

 

[troutdude]

Nicely done buddy...when you going on the pro circuit?

 

[OnTheFly]

Nice cutt Brandon. Can't wait to see more!

 

[FlyBum]

Nice one Brando!!! Tighten the drag and go to 4x if you don't want to see your backing (Just kiddin) Nothing like backing burns on your guides or stress cracks in the epoxy! (I know) Check into a pattern called the Millennium Prince, this fly I have taken a liking to this year and will expect great results and have not been disappointed yet. Really fun tie!

 

[lilsalmon]

Wow.....Brandon...good job. You beat me today, I only got 1 but that means I ended the skunk!!!!! your the slayer :dance::dance:

 

[nwkiller]

nice fish man

 

[Coastaldweller]

How big was it?

 

[brandon4455]

thank you everyone. ive worked hard this past year and a half to get a big fish and finally got one. it's truly a trophy and replaces the sturgeon as my desktop background.

 

[brandon4455]

How big was it?

i didn't have the tape measure with me but the guy that lived in the house behind the creek saw it and said it goes atleast 19 inches. i wish i would have had a better camera with me and someone else with to judge the thing. thing is a pig...

 

[brandon4455]

Wow.....Brandon...good job. You beat me today, I only got 1 but that means I ended the skunk!!!!! your the slayer :dance::dance:

yay!!!! i knew you would kick that darn skunk. nice job there rose

 

[ProfessorChromology]

Very cool fish! Very cool blog. I am going to link to it on mine. Keep up the good work!

 

[brandon4455]

Very cool fish! Very cool blog. I am going to link to it on mine. Keep up the good work!

thanks! and coastaldweller, i looked at the tape measurer a second ago and looking at it im thinking the fish was right between 19 and 20 inches. biiiig fish

 

[Sinkline]

Damn Brandon, that's a good fish anywhere! Good job!


Randy