Monday, June 10, 2024

Years to catch the bugger

Well it only took 4 years to catch this trout, I like to fish the long pool below Coburn that is on the Bud Teamen property becuse it has some really fine trout be they a challenge to catch but this happened during the Drake hatch. I was at the bottom of the pool sitting on one of the big rocks that give you full view of most of the pool, well a very big fish caome up and took a dun and pushed a ton of water doing it! Well I saw it and was going to wait till he came up again and he did BUT some clown in a white tee shirt also saw it and came down stream and asked if i saw it and I said yes at the same time he cast is spinning line in complete with a huge bobber and nite crawler! Well it was time to leave! I have checked on this guy for the past 4 years but have not seen him again but in fairness I don't stay that late any more but this May I was there by accident during the Drake hatch. Well he started to rise and take about every 4th or 5th Drake that came down the pike, It took a while till I could get down past those rocks and slowly wade upstream not makeing any waves or sounds, it took "2" casts over him till he took- then all hell broke loose, thank heavens I had 4x on but I just could not handle him, he went where ever he wanted to go and that was mostle upstream. I finaly got him under control and had a great time slowly playing him till I could get him close BUT as usual I did not have a net and try as Imigh to get him along my leg to pin him and get my hands around him, hell I even trie to grab him by the tail, it must have looked like a clown show. I never did get him close and in one split second he was gone- a GD curled leader end came back to my head. I will only say he was at least a 4-5 big boy and worth the wait! Still to this day I will not carry a net in PA, I do not need soemthing else to worry about. This is the best part of trout fishing finding good fish or fish that are in very tought places and just trying to get good clean shots at them and being happy if you do or do not get them.

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