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johnjav

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21" brown caught on a fly
« on: September 24, 2011, 04:24:16 pm »
I caught this 21" brown on a fly today.  It hit a size 6 halloween streamer on 3x tippet. What a catch and fight.  I barely got it to the net in time, the fly was just about played out by the time i reeled it in.  It was a good 5 minute fight with this beauty.  I landed it and managed to get a picture of it. I released it as  good as new. It was caught lower east branch river.   
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2011, 04:46:24 pm »
awesome brown, congrats...was it jumping?
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2011, 04:50:40 pm »
Quote from: Biz-R-OWorld on September 24, 2011, 04:46:24 pm
awesome brown, congrats...was it jumping?

It didn't jump but did break the surface twice. It made a few good runs. I tried not to let to run to much because it would have hooked up on something in the water.
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 05:07:01 pm »
nice....definitely one of the biggest stream trout I have seen posted on this site..
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2011, 05:13:02 pm »
Quote from: Biz-R-OWorld on September 24, 2011, 05:07:01 pm
nice....definitely one of the biggest stream trout I have seen posted on this site..

Thanks biz. I worked really hard to catch this fish. I've been fly fishing the streams a lot when im back in the area. im glad I used a little heavier tackle today. The minute the fish was caught I knew it was big, I figured it was another sucker. When a saw the spots I was like yeaaaah come on!
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2011, 05:29:28 pm »
Congrats John! Beautiful Brown.
That's sure quite a fish for a stream.
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2011, 05:30:35 pm »
Congratulations, thats a great looking brown.
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2011, 05:49:27 pm »
Thanks ken and chris, it def is my best trout I ever caught.
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2011, 06:07:52 pm »
Nice Brown, Congrats John!
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2011, 06:20:49 pm »
Beautiful :)  It makes me happy to see we have fish this big in our streams!
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2011, 06:27:02 pm »
 ;D Congrats JohnJav! yep, the fall-run is in. My friend fished a river on the watershed today and texted me to say he got a 18" and a 20".

That is some fish, you need a bigger net. I'm thinking about getting boga grips for my saltwater fishing, looks like you could have used one!
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2011, 06:51:30 pm »
holy crap thats a nice fish, great job. i hit the titicus and west branch today, only got a few hits and a couple sunnies
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2011, 08:22:48 pm »
Way to go jon ,nice catch ,is that what a brown looks like these days
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2011, 08:26:52 pm »
Sweet fish! Probably a spawner out of a reservoir!
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Re: 21" brown caught on a fly
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2011, 08:30:01 pm »
Stunningly beautiful fish and a hefty size! Bravo!
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