Swede Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Maybe, maybe not, but currently I have no desire to angle right now, since that day. I spent 112 days focusing on purely brown trout streams looking for a trophy this season, I only drifted the Bow once and used my drifter twice, I've just been solely focused on slamming a true trophy bruin. I saw a lot of 14-18" browns, a few over 20" and a couple over 22." There really wasn't a fish that stood out for the season but I feel I did crack the code on a bunch of these brown trout creeks. After Oct 1st I don't really hunt for the browns as much as I want to because I like to respect the spawn, so I decided to switch up my focus and look for some cutties and dirty rainbows... I went into an area that I had never fished and figured I would yank a cuttie and maybe tie into a tank rainbow or two. I had just bought a new Sage VXP 590 and I wanted to swing it for a bit so that was the stick in my hand. I was using the only fly to use, the Sparkle Minnow. I walked a couple K from the car and found a piece of water I had checked out on Google earth, I did two swings nothing, on my third my fly stopped cold.... on one of the many logs this creek has in its waters... so I thought. I pointed the rod to the "snag" and started to pull to bust it off and it moved..... moved hard and fast... I had to run a little, scramble along the rocks a little, keep my line out of log jams a little, I peed a little when I saw the size and then cried a little when I landed her... my personal best brown. After the release I sat on shore for an easy hour, just in awe of what happened... I've seen a 28" brown before personally but this is the biggest brown I have caught or have seen personally. I haven't had the desire to fish since, I have bought a bow and I am practising for some hunting now. I will happily give my finned friends a break until April 1st, or when the itch needs to be scratched but for now I am a content angler. I'm going to let you guys figure the length, I know what she was. That there is a brown that clearly goes past the first section of a four piece 590. Enjoy Dam nice fish Jay gunna have to say 29 inch. Same as the one in my aviator of a Red Deer River brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowbonehead Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 BEAUTY Brown I would say a loooong 28 closer to 29"..... hows the pointed stick launching going.... I've seen some monsters but have yet to launch an Arrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchie Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Jay Cool bro , such a nice fish and you put your time in , dirty Browns will drive a man crazy Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFoamy Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Im gonna say 31.5-32, mine was 32 and was a well past the the 1st eyelet, thats what I base my answer on. Was a sage but, a completely different rod. I haven't seen a beast like that since. When I told the story I said she was 31 because i wanted people to believe me lol!!! Was a long time ago and one of the forum members here netted her for me. I distinctly remember him saying "this is the biggest fish Ive ever seen come out of the Bow river" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Great fish and great story. Well deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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