This weekend provided another opportunity to go fishing here in Tennessee. I'm going to be purposefully vague and mostly just show a few pictures. Several nice fish came to hand but I didn't get too many pictures. The two fish that were worthy were interesting for a couple of reasons. The first was the brookie and I believe the pictures speak for themselves. The colors are incredible and were even better there in person. I might have to do a trip to the Smokies in the near future to catch a few more brookies because I haven't fished for them enough this year. On Sunday I was reminded why I ought to pursue them more often...
The other fish was also memorable but for another reason. Despite the pictures, I really don't count this fish because it wasn't fair hooked unfortunately. I was a little slow on the hook set by which time the fish had already spit out the fly. Thankfully I was still able to slow it down so the fight didn't last too long and I didn't have to break it off...I'm hoping to go chase some big browns somewhere to the north next weekend...hopefully they'll all eat and I'll be quick on the set...
jealous! first word that comes to mind. but good job! beautiful fish. i love the brookies color! awesome photos. wish az was able to produce a sufficient number of trout that size , what do you expect though its the dessert south west. love your blog
ReplyDeleteagain JEALOUS! :)
David,
ReplyDeleteOnce again, you were into some good fish. Beautiful colors on those brookies, and another nice brown.
Travis
Ivan, there are lots of good fish in Arizona but largely they are in the stillwaters...I'm jealous that you are able to fish regularly in Arizona. I have some great memories of catching nice fish out there...
ReplyDeleteTravis, the brookies were absolutely incredible. The colors were so vivid that they almost looked fake. By the way, we need to get together to fish sometime soon...