Beefy Ken Lockwood Rainbow
Drove out to KLG this Sunday and really loved the beautiful scenery and cold October air. The water is super low right now and the only bugs I saw were these little black stonefly looking things. The closest thing I had were black Copper Johns so I rigged up two and drifted them. And drifted them. And drifted them. After about 100-150 dead drifts my flyline started to pull upstream and I set the hook into this chunky fella! Even with a 5wt rod and some good drag I could barely turn him and I let him run twice before landing him by the rocks. A very friendly Scottish man (If he's on this forum I hope I got that right. It sounded like a Scottish accent to me) that I had just met took the photo for me, and he caught an even bigger rainbow for himself. Before he left he said something to the effect of:
"Sometimes that one fish will make your day!"
Couldn't have been more right. If youre near Califon I highly recommend you try out the KLG. You might not catch the numbers but you won't regret going!
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