Fish to remember.
When I lived in the Scottish Borders there was a small reservoir that was stocked and run by Selkirk Angling Association who would stock it with fingerling browns and takeable rainbows. Fishing on this was limited to two boats with two rods in each so there was not much pressure on the water.
I was drifting a boat towards what used to be an island but the rear of it had silted up, I had cast a couple of times on the approach and had had no luck, I cast again quite close to the bank and my fly landed on a leaf of a bush overhanging the bank. A small tug caused it to fall from the leaf onto the water which imediately exploded as a fish took it and ran to the deeps. Line was stripping off at a remarkable rate and I had to turn the boat to get control of the fish. For 15 minutes my line went alternately tight and slack as this fish tried everything to throw the hook. Eventually I got it to the surface to find I had made contact with the biggest brown trout I had ever caught, 4 1/4lb. A worthy adversary and a remarkable capture!
I will remember that one for a long time!