Flat Brook Rainbow

[MattVan]

Thanks everyone! Been a long time lurker and finally decided that this was too good to not post.

Welcome to the site. FB has a lot of nice water to fish. Congrats on a beautiful bow. The two pictures you posted are good proof of just how different the same fish relative to size can look based on the person holding it, lighting, depth, angle etc. If not for your comments, I would have guessed the fish in the picture with your nephew holding it was twice the size of the one you're holding and not the same fish. Curious what causes the tails of these big breeders to get so banged up? is it the time they spend in the holding tanks or are their tails clipped? Beautiful fish, some nice colors in the shot with you holding the big girl!

[icebadger]

welcome to the brotherhood.that is a very impressive rainbow indeed congrats on your catch

[JimmyL]

They do look like two different fish for sure...Congrats on the breeder nonetheless

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by dakota560

Welcome to the site. FB has a lot of nice water to fish.... Curious what causes the tails of these big breeders to get so banged up? Is it the time they spend in the holding tanks or are their tails clipped? !

No clipping going on, it's generally just rub wear from the concrete raceways. You'll often see the same wear in late fall on holdovers and wild fish although in those cases it's due to redd building during the spawn. I've seen big browns with the lower portion of their tails worn down badly due to spawning activity.