Dinosaur Hunting

Well here it is, the picture of the fish that we wish we didn't foul hook but did... Unlike some people we won't just throw a fly in it's mouth and pretend we did catch it. But $#!+ it's still a large fish (somewhere in the 27"+ range easy) and we did get to hold it, which is much like your first time if you know what I mean...

There is no secret fly, it would have likely snapped at whatever you put in front of it, there was no magic formula other than it finally swam towards a fly and then it hooked itself, but not where you would want it to have... But hey, when you get a chance to get a dinosaur like this in your hands, you don't pass up the gift. So enjoy, get out on the river, rip some meat, hope for fish like this, wish for fish like this, and then settle for all of the nice 16-20" browns that frequent our rivers that look like breakfast for big boys like this...

Oh yeah and we'll be back at you with a follow up rod review on the Xi3 on Monday.