Woke thismorning around 3:25am tey hunting and made sure I had my 3 wt fly rod just in case nothing was stirring in the woods. Well to say the least, it was windy and a full moon and not one gobble. Ileft the wood around 7:30 and had some breakfast then hit a local stream. I could see the fish mulling around but they wouldn't hit. All of a sudden, I see a huge swirl that I thought was a small mouth bass. I went into my fly box and found a large #10 hopper. I figured whatever was feeding on the top anted somethin big. I place the fly perfect on the first cast and it was on. As soon as the fish jumped, I was supprised to see it was a large rainbow. After about a 3 min battle it hit the net. It was 22" and I guessed it about 3 or so lbs.
I fished fo abou 3 hours catching many more smaller fish then I hooked into another beauty. This one as well as many of the others took a #14 bead head phesant tail:
It turned out to be a great day an the fillets are in the brine and will be in the smoker all day Sunday.
I hope everyone out there has a wonderfull Memorial Day Weekend and don't forget to Thank A Vet
