Right off the bat within 20 min this little guy ate. No follow, no cat and mouse, he just flared open and engulfed the fly.


I took a little smoke break after that. ย ;D

Jarrod had a follow that spooked at the boat and another that ate the fly but just didn’t get a hook.
On what was about to be the last cast,,,, I placed a cast right in the mouth of a spring running into the river. Strip, strip, and there he is! Before I could say “got a follow” he flared and had the fly in his mouth. I’m not sure what actual sounds I made when this happened but in my mind I recall me squealing like a little girl. Not a big fish by a long shot but sometimes the visual stimulation of a take can overload the mind and mouth.

Higher res
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