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joemomma
Ah, I used to make an annual fall summit of the middle sister, haven't done it in a couple years, but I remember the last time I fished the lake, my climbing partner, who really couldn't fish a Bluegill out of a bucket, hooked, and landed the absolute biggest Brookie I have ever seen. I was having the same problem as you, only getting the rainbows, and not even making the Brooks think twice about my garbage. But my incompetent buddy tied up a dry fly, and a split shot, and sunk it, moments later we saw the beast, and it probably weighed close to 8 or 9 pounds maybe more. We never carried a scale until after that trip, now I always have a good weighing device on hand.
I have a couple pictures from a trip a few years back...The brookie is his first one ever, and nice size at that. The rainbows are for lunch, wrangled by the climbin crew before the drive home.
Oh yeah, the net opening at its widest point is 22 inches long...Just for reference.
Yeah, but I bet it was nice to have that sucker though...I have come to find out, for me anyways that 30 acres with no wind is as big a body I can explore fully without wasting my energy. It is a fun place, and maybe I'll get the 'toon up there in a few weeks, hit it before the snow shows up. What were you using primarily, looks like you had some success with a small Flat, or Kwik.
f4 flats, yellow black spots, frog, and black and red. got a couple on worms, trolling, not a bite on bobber and worms