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Old August 2nd, 2010, 04:15 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Frank Reid © 2010
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Default Penns Creek Temp and a Spring Creek Monster

On Aug 1, 5:09*pm, Todd wrote:
On 08/01/2010 02:03 PM, Gene wrote:
Saturday, I figured, I repeat the process. *Get there early and toss

SJ worms. *I lost one fairly small brown and got a 14 inch sucker to
the net *in the first 10 minutes then zip. *My reloading the box with
Pink San Juan worms was for naught. *But then I switched to a beetle
with a scud about 10 inches off the back. *Bam! *I got a 12 incher
then a 16 incher. *My day, no, my weekend was made! *But 15 minutes
later I caught and brought to net a 20 incher! *A 20 incher! *I
thought my 5 x tippet might break but I held onto my 9 foot 3-weight
for dear life and got him in the net. *“Three weight” you might ask?
I thought I was going to be casting size-24 tricos but they never
materialized. * What a day! *What a weekend.


Hi Gene,

Awsome! *Sounds like you had a blast.

What kind of trout did you catch? *And how deep were you drifting?

I do believe some grinnin' and strutting are called for. *:-)

-T


Sounds great. There are some very big fish in Spring, but they have
lockjaw for the most part. Congrats!!!
Frank Reid