troutboy Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Gday all,I finished work early on wednesday as the weather was getting worse and I was working on a roof in the rain. On the drive home it started to clear a bit so I thought why not drag the flyrod out and go for a fish. Got home , grabbed the gear and drove to Wentworth Falls Lake. Just as I started rigging up the 6wt it began raining again quite heavily. Not wanting to waste an opportunity I donned the wet weather gear and started fishing. It was very quiet for a while then about 15ft in front of me the water suddenly errupted with fleeing baitfish being chased by a largish brown. I was fishing a bead headed flashback nymph and a red tag combo fished wet. Upon seeing the baitfish my thoughts were to change flies to a single black wooly bugger but for some reason I persisted with the red tag / nymph combo and was soon rewarded with a thumping take from a beautiful fat brown trout. The fish gave a very good fight for a good couple of minutes before I managed to tire it out a bit and land it. Although only a relatively short fish it was extremely fat , no doubt chock full of baitfish. After a quick pic it was released in good condition and swam of strongly. Quality of pic is a bit poor as it was taken using a mobile. cheers troutboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Wow! That is one really fat Brown, Troutboy!! Well done on catching him!! Trying conditions, too! Cheerio Roberta Edited September 4, 2008 by Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bream Mad Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Nice Brown mate how fat is he!!! looks chock full of baitfish great fish mate, well done kael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzla Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 nice trout mate especially from wenty lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 G'day mate, Where's the trout in the photo? Is it behind that football? Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 NIce work on the Brown, Sure is one healthy (fatass) trout. Congrats Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 What a fatty, may still be chockas with Roe/Milt too seeing as they can't breed in there? Some lovely marking it too. Well done Troutboy. Cheers Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 That "chubby" brown belongs on the fish version of the "Biggest Loser"! Also, I don't think you should have released it, you should have got it a personal trainer! Seriously, great catch in less than favourable conditions. Well done troutboy! Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoordan Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Well done on an ausome catch What a beautifully marked fish in tip top condition, Great to see such top fish caught so close to home got to love early marks from work ay! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo1203 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Mate what a beautiful looking fish, such bright colours and amazing markings well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 A great reward for 'weilding the wand' in the rain. That is a superb fish mate and a top photo! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Well done on catching a very fat & beautiful looking brown trout, it was well worth getting soaked for.Nice report too!! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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