My Best Bow River Fish Yet....

[Xplorer]

Hi Guys,

 

Went down to the Bow River in the Nw this afternoon, caught a couple of small rainbows and a white fish on dries. There were not many bug's out, probably due to the breeze and that it was too warm.

 

I was on my way back from an area I usually fish when I spotted a small rise behind a tree that had fallen into the river. This was on the shady side of the river too. I decided to give him a try thinking it was another 12" rainbow.

 

Tried a few different flies, nothing. Fish was still was eating something I could not see, So I tried the smallest fly I had with me, an 18 parachute adams.

First cast, small dimple, fly disappears, set hook, two jumps and into my backing we go. It was awesome, the best fish I have caught up in the Nw.

 

Brought him in, took a couple of photos, made a quick mark on my rod for overall measurement and off he went.

 

Here's the pics

 

 

 

I think he is just over 20", but have to measure the mark on my rod.

 

Made my afternoon....

 

cya

[DonnieM]

Nice Brown man! Well done, what a toad.

[Ayr]

WTG !!

 

Nice looking fish too!

 

Ayr.

[Tungsten]

where was that tree again ? south side .. nice fish congrats . best of all she'll probaly be there again tommorow

[Xplorer]

Thanks guys

 

I measured the distance I marked on my rod and it comes out to 22".....holy crap! Probably my biggest fish on a dry and definitely my biggest brown. I never get to fish the lower bow, so this is a big fish for me

 

The fish was in about a foot of water, three feet from the bank a short distance from a well used path. I have walked past that tree/spot many many times without giving it another thought. That will change now!

 

It really made my day....

[admin]

Gratz. She's a Beaut

[Slyangler]

Beautiful markings on that fish! Congratulations on a fine catch Xplorer!

[dude1125]

I'm green with envy. Landing a fish that size on a #18 is something special. Thanks for sharing

[orvisonly]

Well Done.

[tgo]

nice brown dude, there's some big fish in the NW if you have patience to find them

[Keith]

Nice Catch. You don't see too many fish with those markings. A beaut of a brown.

[hydropsyche]

Beauty fish.

 

How did you mark your rod? The only thing that would work that I can think of (without damaging it) is a china pencil. Maybe a piece of tape?

 

A tip for you all. Another method is to pull a piece of tippet out and clip it. Measure the tippet when you get home.

[ham]

I was out in the N.W On thursday night for a few hours, managed a 14" bow, a 12" bow and a mabye 8" brown all on dries so it was still fun forsure had one bow break me off after 2 jumps and steal a few feet of my tippet he was probably about the size of the first one.