Monster Bow... at least for me

[RagingBull]

After a weekend in Western NC on a photo workshop with my wife, I took a slight detour into the park this afternoon to wet a fly. Couldn't believe I hooked and landed this monster! He took an orange stimulator but not on top. He grabbed after it was pulled under by the current.

[Don Kirk]

What a treat--nice fish. Hats off to you.
dk

[gjbu]

That is one heck of a rainbow. The orange stimulator seems to be The hot fly right now. Sat afternoon I only had a couple of hours to fish. The killed the stimulator but I caught none near as big as yours. Again beautiful fish.

[duckypaddler]

Did you get a chance to tape it, or use a reference point that you measured later?

It looks to be around 14" to me which is huge for the park, and definately bigger than any rainbow I've had a chance to land.

Congrats

[RagingBull]

Originally Posted by duckypaddler

Did you get a chance to tape it, or use a reference point that you measured later?

It looks to be around 14" to me which is huge for the park, and definately bigger than any rainbow I've had a chance to land.

Congrats

Wish I had, but I estimate 14-16" (and getting bigger every day ) I need to look at a couple of pictures and compare it to my fly rod for reference.

[David Knapp]

That is one gorgeous rainbow. Not everyday you catch a fish like that. Good job and congrats!!!

[Redfish62]

Supper fish!

[RagingBull]

Originally Posted by RagingBull

Wish I had, but I estimate 14-16" (and getting bigger every day ) I need to look at a couple of pictures and compare it to my fly rod for reference.

So I took this picture and zoomed in on my screen until my fingers were life-size and came up with 14-3/4-15".

[joe a]

Beautiful fish. Looks every bit of 15", but I bet it pulled like it was 20". Well done!

[Bill M.]

I am starting to actually fish the stimulator and the trude by letting it swing down after the drift and then retreivig it. The last 4 nice fish (not as big as yours) all hit it this way when I was not looking.