Trout are biting

[Master Carper]

I thought I would take off work for a little while today, and made a run to the Illinois River and caught these two on the firsts two casts!

 

[Garrett]

Very nice!

 

[mugsy]

What are those, 10-12 inchers?

 

[SPDguns]

Nice!!!

 

[MacFromOK]

What are those, 10-12 inchers?

I'm thinkin' they're supper-sized...

 

[Master Carper]

Thanks guys!

Yes, one is 10" and the other is 12". You must trout fish too.

I limited out in less than 2 hours, and what I caught and threw back was the most fun I've had in a long time!

The mayflies were everywhere, so naturally that is what I tied on...

It was fun watching the mayflies land on the water, cause they never made it much 20 to feet before a trout came up and as sucked them under. The smaller trout would blow a foot or two out of the water after them, and the bigger ones would come maybe half their body length out of the water...

Most everytime I heard and saw a serious splash, I could cast there and catch that fish 9 out of 10 times...

I was also fishing barbless, so I lost a lot of thout right after they were netted. I would let the line go slack, they would spit the flie, then jump out of the net. My fault though, but it didn't really matter. I probably netted 40+ trout and hooked and fought around 60 total...

What a great day!!!

I want to take my wife tomorrow, but she said we have to go to the Tulsa Boat Show, so no fishing!

 

[MacFromOK]

Man. Sounds like you had a blast.

 

[Master Carper]

I did have a blast! First time I've had my fly rod out this year...

Now the fun part.

 

[dennishoddy]

Nice catch! Need to get after them myself.

 

[Master Carper]

Thank you Dennis.