Really Pretty Trout -caught Any Lately?

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DeadandBloated

Discussion Starter · Aug 11, 2016 (Edited)

View attachment 122939 Not lately for me..but did run across this old photo print of one...
-a beautiful eastern WA native rainbow trout hen..her fins were stunning and perfect!

Here is the crazy part. There was a small school of suckers in a ball..they had red stripes-never figured the species. Trout fishing was slow all day, so I put on a San Juan worm to try and catch one of the suckers for a closer look. I tossed the fly into the school of suckers and in no time had a fish on. Suddenly, the crowd of suckers dispersed and this beautiful/large hen rainbow emerged like a mirage ..twisting and shaking her head. I landed her quickly as I could and was mesmerized by her good looks.

Been maybe 20-25 years back, but she will never be forgotten. She was a beauty !

Anyone have memorable fish ?

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P-FITZ98

· #2 · Aug 11, 2016

Caught this beaut recently, love the redbands colors

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Jim F.

· #3 · Aug 11, 2016

Gyrfalcon2015 said:
Anyone have memorable fish ?

All of them!

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The Drifter

· #4 · Aug 11, 2016

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Yep.

Got this one on a spruce moth

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Now time to add some nice fish on terrestrials...and streamers.

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Jim F.

· #5 · Aug 11, 2016 (Edited)

Exceptional Montana residents! That first Brown is exceptionally pretty. Excuse me while I go cry now . . .

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plaegreid

· #6 · Aug 11, 2016

Bow from about a week ago

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Old Man

· #7 · Aug 11, 2016

All my pictures are in my head. My best fish was a 27 lb King I caught off the west side of Camano Island. It was white fleshed. It was a wandering King from the Fraser River. It sure did taste good. My one and only time eating Salmon that I caught. I cooked it up with a Recipe from Fishing and Hunting News. But it wasn't fly caught.

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Preston

· #8 · Aug 11, 2016

Probably the prettiest rainbow I've ever caught. Late winter/early spring on the Yakima. She took a dry Skwala imitation.

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DeadandBloated

Discussion Starter · #9 · Aug 11, 2016

Some really beautiful trout!

T Bag

· #10 · Aug 11, 2016

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Deschutes this spring

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Deschutes, 2011??

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Lewiston Lake, CA 2012

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Luke77

· #11 · Aug 11, 2016

Photo courtesy of @James St. Clair

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Jpfish

· #12 · Aug 11, 2016

.tried to add a fish pic, not working

troutpocket

· #13 · Aug 11, 2016

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Browns

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Bows

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Stonefish

· #14 · Aug 11, 2016

Do char count?
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mtskibum16

· #15 · Aug 11, 2016

My favorite of those @Swimmy is the brown caught on the golden stone. Good looking fish.

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13418

· #16 · Aug 11, 2016 (Edited)

Nothing to see here

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Craig Hardt

· #17 · Aug 11, 2016

From the Snoqualmie forks recently. Normally I don't bother with fish pics on skinny water outings but the two large spots on the gill plate caught my eye.

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Shopkeeper

· #18 · Aug 11, 2016 (Edited)

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If it doesn't have to be lately or big, Cutthroats get my prize...Here's one of the prettiest I've ever caught (for some reason like an idiot, didn't see fit to get the whole fish in the pic)...Got him and about 50 of his friends from a high mountain lake...

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In the Big category...This was one of about 40 caught on a bit larger lake spring '15...

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Actually, here's one for the Lately category...Rainbow in the sun...

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Shopkeeper

· #19 · Aug 11, 2016

Dang!...I wanted to hit that spruce moth so bad...I had a train wreck of stuff come up that kept me from going.

Jealous...

Buzzy

· #20 · Aug 11, 2016

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little cutthroat on a dry fly, 2-weight rod

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Cold feet and a trout almost too much for a 5-weight (thanks for the picture @Mike Ediger)

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I changed my avatar yesterday, that's a hatchery steelhead from an Olympic Peninsula river....... "recently" - about a year ago.

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