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Great composition on the photograph. How about the rest of the story?

It was at Redfish Lake, not far from Stanley. This was the first of two I
caught this afternoon. The second was considerably bigger -- maybe 25" --
but the rain was torrential when I landed it, so I don't have a photo.
(Sorry, Wolfgang.)

Both caught on a purple woolly bugger with lots of flash, which has become
my go-to fly for big, predacious char (bull trout, lake trout, and brook
trout) in our nearby lakes. Fished with a fast-sinking shooting head and a
home-built IM6 7wt rod. The reel in the photo is an Old Florida.

Enough details? :-)

More than enough details to make me wish I was out in Idaho, or I had the
guts to hit the halibut grounds with the weather off Newport.

Thanks for the plug for purple, I have heard guides say they think it mimics
the squid's ink. I don't think your fish have seen a squid, so who can say.

Great day for you.