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My fly line hung limp in the Wyoming wind, where simply seconds before it had actually been tight to a fish. A large fish, based upon the couple of times it leapt, and the one excellent appearance Alex got.
” That wasn’t a rainbow,” he stated.
” What?”.
The river was deathly peaceful. Even the wind had actually faded to background sound.
” You believed it was a rainbow, however it was a huge ol’ brown,” Alex stated.
” Obviously it was,” I whispered.
Previously that early morning, Alex had actually hooked into a huge brown too. That fish had actually taken a nymph simply listed below the surface area, flashing high enough for us to see that it was among the greatest browns either people had actually seen on the river.
That specific river is renowned for its big wheel, however I have actually yet to connect into among its prize browns. I have actually captured a couple of rainbows that pressed the 25-inch mark, however that huge brown has constantly avoided me.
Up until that afternoon when I was 30 feet from putting one in the internet.
My failure to land the fish mirrored what took place to Alex that early morning. The brown took a nymph without much excitement, than delicately bulldogged its method downriver. Attempt as he might, Alex could not get the fish out of the primary present and into the calmer water near the bank. The fish acted as though it had actually danced this dance before (it most likely has) and simply kept moving downstream, till sufficient slack was presented into the fly line that Alex’s hook popped complimentary.
I hooked my huge brown in shallower water, right at the head of a riffle. I strolled it downstream as it demanded running, peeling drag-burning runs although my drag was set tight. I used as much side pressure as possible with my 6-weight, however the fish would not move where I desired. It did its own thing, ultimately working the hook complimentary.
Both Alex and I succumbed to an issue that’s not all that simple to resolve on a huge, deep river, when you’re hooked into a big trout. The worst location to have a huge trout like that is straight downstream of you, however that’s where both huge browns wound up.
Losing 2 big wheel in the exact same day wasn’t enjoyable, however a minimum of it made us both consider our fish-fighting procedure, and how to prevent it in the future. After all, if you do not get your butt kicked from time to time, fishing would not be all that enjoyable.
