Pretty Girl

[jifigz]

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Where'd you stick that pig, John?

 

[rustbeltwilds]

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Those are some of the most beautiful brookies ive ever seen great pics

 

[mt_flyfisher]

Where'd you stick that pig, John?

Taken in the fall from a small stream not far from West Yellowstone.

 

[hooker-of-men]

I don't actually know anything about fish ages and such, but something about this fish just looked old and distinguished to me. Always liked it a bit extra for that.

 

[wildtrout2]

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What a great brown trout!

 

[5footfenwick]

Those are some of the most beautiful brookies ive ever seen great pics

Brookies are my favorite fish to fish for. I chase them year round.
I was a little self conscious about this before I posted so I’ll address it. I’ll fully admit and apologize, I am aware the vertically held fish aren’t ideally ethically perfect. I’m always learning and sometimes I just don’t think of everything. Sometimes the excitement takes over and rookie mistakes happen. I’m sorry.
Don’t hold them vertically.

Thanks for the kind words rustbeltwilds.
~5footfenwick

 

[HopBack]

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I don't actually know anything about fish ages and such, but something about this fish just looked old and distinguished to me. Always liked it a bit extra for that.

Probably 4 years, it’s still healthy looking. In another year or 2 it will be longer but much skinnier and on its way out. Such is the life of a freestone brook trout. Beautiful fish!

 

[Nymph-wristed]

I know jifigz knows this crick. Some of the prettiest browns I have seen.

A couple shots of the same NEPA brown that wowed me.

 

[3wt7X]

Thanks for the great shots! Very beautiful fish!!! Here are a few over the last few years.

 

[jifigz]

I know jifigz knows this crick. Some of the prettiest browns I have seen.

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A couple shots of the same NEPA brown that wowed me.
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You're right. I do know that crick.

That NEPA brown is gorgeous, bud.

 

[Nymph-wristed]

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I don't actually know anything about fish ages and such, but something about this fish just looked old and distinguished to me. Always liked it a bit extra for that.

I also like the ones that somehow look a little rough, like they've lived a colorful life

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Last one, but here is an example of a small stream old man who's definitely lived a little

 

[jifigz]

Let's not forget these pugnacious little fellas. They're actually native to lots of the state, and they are good fun on the fly rod. I will always adore the redbreast.

By the wear on the tail, I'm thinking stocked. 🤣🤣

 

[hooker-of-men]

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Thanks for the great shots! Very beautiful fish!!! Here are a few over the last few years.

Is the mahi off a lobster pot? I'd love to do that someday. Very cool!

 

[dc410]

Here are a couple of pretty native fish.

 

[MJMFlyfisher]

Big headed old native warrior.....living in a stream you could pee across.

And this brown was particularly ridiculous....it was like a bar of gold and the red spots were just 🤌

 

[3wt7X]

Is the mahi off a lobster pot? I'd love to do that someday. Very cool!

No, that was in south Florida. We were poking around some offshore reefs and two Mahi came swimming by. The Mahi was fun, but this fish was painful. Jack Crevalle are by far the strongest fish I’ve encountered on a fly rod.

 

[BrookieChaser]

 

[jreichel]

One of the few natives I have a photo of.

 

[GoldFinch]

Steelhead that'd been in 20-Mile for quite some time before I met them. Always neat to see the transformation from chrome to rainbow over the course of a season.