monger Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Saw this on the other provincial forum. Anyone else experience this kind of results. Very impressive: Jetboatjimi Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 6 Fishing the Bow River for big Brown Trout is a long living passion for me. Early in the season, I drift Bow River Buggers slowly through the fishes over wintering spots. Size 2 and 4. I also use Clouser Minnows and other large Streamers. Early on in the season, I use a slow retrieve. I have caught many Browns over 28" every year for almost 40 years. From Dry Fly Caddis fishing to pounding the banks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcubed Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I catch 28+ all the time. Conveniently when my phone, camera and measuring tape are missing for some reason.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangus Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Mine are always 28 when held out as far as possible and shot with a GoPro. or when I lie about the dimensions of my net. Guess I’m going to have to try this clouser thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 I've only caught 2 over 28" in 40 years. I need more lessons I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutPanther Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Hahaha. Sounds like Jimmy needs a measuring tape. The ever humbling tape usually shrinks a fish by a few inches. Very few honest 28”ers out there. If I get a couple bow river browns in a season over 24, 25 I consider I’ve done well, and I’m a dedicated streamer junkie. Or maybe I just suck at fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutlover Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Ive hooked up with several over 30" every year but never had them to hand. PS-Careful Monger. If you offend the wrong bait chucker on that forum you could get a lifetime Ban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcubed Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 All the fish i dont land are also 30+".. same with the flies i lose on the bottom.. i mean 30"ers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangus Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 2 hours ago, troutlover said: Ive hooked up with several over 30" every year but never had them to hand. PS-Careful Monger. If you offend the wrong bait chucker on that forum you could get a lifetime Ban. Ya like me. Ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningChrome Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I made this back in December for just such a situation... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Guys, while i"vet only caught two Browns of that size over the past 50 years, I've watched others do so. Perhaps he is one of those. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcubed Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 18 minutes ago, DonAndersen said: Guys, while i"vet only caught two Browns of that size over the past 50 years, I've watched others do so. Perhaps he is one of those. Don Yearly? In this day and age, any 28 or above brown trout would be so splattered over the internet, and undoubtedly a guide would have stumbled into them at least a couple times a year. Catching ‘many’ a year... right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangus Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Yearly? In this day and age, any 14 or above brown trout would be so splattered over the internet, and undoubtedly a guide would have stumbled into them at least a couple times a year. Catching ‘many’ a year... right fixed it for for you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhunt Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I consider myself an honest fisherman, in that I don't consciously try to inflate the size or number of fish that I catch. That said, I'm always genuinely surprised to see that my best "conservative estimates" of a fishes weight or length are consistently about 20% higher than what the tape or scale will show. That said, even if I give Jimi the benefit of the doubt and assume he's talking about 22" - 24" broonies (still damned nice fish), I have to think that "many" really translates to "more than two". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDawg Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Jimi forgot to mention he just throws the fish back in the river still hooked up and fights it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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