Lost Story

A Friend Relayed This Story To Me Today.

If this tidbit doesn’t fire you up for late season trout you need to lay your rod down.

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The ones you lose are remembered longer than the ones you land.

It was a 3-5 minute battle. I am not sure of the exact length of time with adrenaline and all. It fought kinda lazily. The hole was only 3 feet deep. When it saw the net it went ballistic. It broke off my 6 pound test.

I think it was female, jaw wasn’t too hooky, the body was very broad too, so I suspect it was full of eggs. It was 25-27 inch long. The colors were incredibly bold, a very deep golden brown color. That creek seems to have great sustainable natural reproduction in brown trout but I haven’t been catching too many brookies lately, except in the uppermost stretches.

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This about the size of trout my friend lost.

Fish caught by: Mark Dahlquist
Photo by: Mark Dahlquist

That’s a cool photo Mark!

Wolf River, 20 or so years ago.
I had more 6 weight line out then I normally do.
Current was swift but easily wade-able.
As the nymph on the end of the line straightened from a J shape, the rod was close to being yanked out of my hand.

The large (for me) rainbow immediatly cartwheeled to what I remember being 30 feet across the river with a back drop of green and birch bark bank.

Gone just as fast as it was on.

That could possibly be the last memory I’ll have on this earth.