flywiz Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 hi guys I'm sure we've all had a big bullie nail a whitie or a cuttie that you were bringing in, but they usually let go.... Well this was a first, and pretty cool! I hooked a 13-14" whitie on a nymph in a tailout, and a 26" bull came along and grabbed it, and swallowed 1/2 of it tail first. There were no hooks in the bull as this was my last fly and it was in the whities mouth, 7" away from the bull! He then went through the riffle into the next pool, and I had tension on him the whole time. I could still see the big 'ol whitie sticking out of his yap, but he wouldn't let go!! I climbed over some rocks while reeling like a madman, wanting to try to get him to either spit it, or to land him if my fly was in his mouth. He still stayed in this small, deep pool and would NOT let go! I think then he got a little tired from his recent trip to the next pool and trying to play tug of war with this whitefish and me, so he came in quickly once I got alongside the pool. I picked him up horizontally to take a look at him, and what a sight... I've never seen this before. He was still really energetic, just extremely focused on this whitefish he thought was really close to being his food for the day. He reminded me of the look my dog gets in his eye when I give him a bone.....mine!!! hhahaha I held him in the water and tried to reach for my camera, as I needed a pic of 7" of whitefish sticking out of a bull's mouth, but he then spit the whitie at me, and he thrashed back in. He had lots of energy still, this whole thing happened in 5 minutes or so. He was never hooked, and the crazy part is when I inspected the whitie, no broken scales. I put the whitie back to see if he'd make it, but he was stunned to say the least, and just swam over to a rock to rest, hope the whitie makes it, but what a cool and unique thing to land a bull without a hook! Adam 5 Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 haha sweet! been the observer of a few events like that back when I guided too, always a sweet experience! Quote
MattyTaylor Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 Absolute pitbulls of the icy water (in a good way). Cool story and unreal experience Adam, must have been awesome. Quote
flywiz Posted August 17, 2014 Author Posted August 17, 2014 It was awesome!! I wish I coulda got a pic to share with you guys, but I can't complain, it was one of the coolest mountain adventures I've had fishing yet! I hope everyone gets a chance to have something like that happen soon! Quote
Muffin Posted August 18, 2014 Posted August 18, 2014 That is an awesome story. Thank you for sharing. Quote
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