Beastly!

22"--best of the day

Dad & I returned to the FRC again today and it was WINDY.  Beastly windy.  But we also found some beasts.  :-)

Dad had four HARD strikes throughout the morning that snapped his 8lb tippet.  Others that took off running fast that he was unable to stop until they came off.  We put six over 20" into the net and lots of other fine fat fish throughout the day.  First hour was slow (with little wind) but as the wind picked up so did the fishing today.

Controlling the boat was difficult because it was so windy.  Several times fighting fish the wind put us into the shore or into the trees which was a bit of a challenge to get away from after releasing the fish.

Dad also caught a tiger--he's had one every time and I have yet to find one.  I had a nice brown today about 19".  I broke off several flies trying to release fish at the side of the boat that were too big to release that way.  Use the net and save your flies.

Intermediate sink tip line produced more fish than floating line.  Green flies with flashy sparkles and a red leech with bead head were most productive flies today.

A great day--fished from 8:30-1:30.  Did I mention that it was windy?