Friday, June 4, 2010

Bows & Browns



Went to the FRC with Dad and Matt Jeffery today. Rained like crazy on the drive there but stopped just when we arrived. Winds were surprisingly/miraculously/graciously calm. We actually had about 10 minutes of sunshine and glass calm water.

Matt got us off to a rapid start with a fish landed before we even finished the first turn down at the far end of the lake. Takes were very light and Dad had lots of them before he finally got the "Ed Dersham leave it in the rod holder until it starts pulling out line" technique down. Really difficult when the "rod holder" is his hands.

Best fish of the day was a 20" bow which Dad got in. I caught one at 19" and Matt caught a nice German Brown Trout. (see photo). Dad had the prize for the biggest and smallest trout, but near the end I managed to catch the smallest fish of the day--a bluegill that probably measured about 2.25". (no photo)

As we were driving out at noon it started to rain again and pounded us pretty well until we reached Vantage. A great morning at the pond!

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