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Let's see your favorite fish of the year

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Big, small, unique, hard fighter, beautiful colors etc etc etc....

Let's see your favorite fish of 2017!

Dry, nymph, swing, power bait.... I care not. Just hoping to see some fish porn tonight!

Starting off I think my favorite fish of the year was this little chinook caught while fishing with @bartmorrow on his sweet little Whaler.

Fish took a mylar bodied sand lance type pattern early in the morning. Fish was crashing herring and sand lance in swift current right up on the rocks against the beach. Subtle take that didn't feel like anything exciting until I caught up to it and it realized it was hooked. Gave me everything I could handle with the six weight, even out in the boat. Especially tough when it got into the current behind us... Then it really had its way with me. Not the largest fish I've ever caught, but a particularly memorable one. I'm always thrilled to hook a chinook on the fly of any size.

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Happy New Years all! Let's see some fish porn!
 
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#336 · (Edited)
My most memorable bonefish of 2018. I briefly spotted it as a phantom patch of color 80 feet out. Then the sun went dark with cloud. Just in case it was a fish, I sent a long cast to the area, let the coral worm fly sink, and began my retrieve. After a few strips, the sun returned and I saw two nice bonefish following my fly. One pounced on the fly and I strip set. The water erupted and the fun began.
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I'm starting to understand the joy of bonefishing.
 
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#354 ·
how do you like that Leland reel? They look like a good value online but I've never heard any hands-on reviews.
Sorry for the late response...been out of town. The classic series are high quality reels, manufactured to tight tolerances. A bit high on price point for my budget, but I sniped that one for 100.00 used. I have a Red Truck Deisel as well, and it is built to the same standards with indentical guts. Its my understanding they are manufactured in the same facility as the new Hardy reels. If anybody has another laying around I will gladly take it off your hands for an appropriate used discount.
 
#358 ·
Put this in a trip report already, but thought it deserved a spot here. Biggest pike on fly yet for me. Was trying to get a smaller fish to commit to a popper, sight casting in 18 inches of water. Switched to a 12 inch streamer and first cast this momma came out of weeds from the back and BAM! Game on! View attachment 172960
Not bad! About 36"?
 
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