OH My... I went fishing today!!!!

[Bostonangler]

"They don't have monsters like we do " You have not fished the right places in CO if that is what you are after. Out of curosity what is the state record brown from MO? I must plan a trip.

[Warm Water Fly Fisher]

What did you catch the bigger brown on??

Warm Water

[Cal E. Batis]

Leonard, I am glad the fly worked. I had a feeling it would. Really nice fish. I guess Mike and I need to come for a visit.

Cal E. Batis

[MOturkE]

Bostonangler,

Latest State record was set on October 3, 2005 of 27 lbs, 10 ounces by Rick Osborn of Camdenton, Missouri. Caught in Lake Taneycomo.

[Warm Water Fly Fisher]

whats the biggest trout you've ever caught Night Angler

Warm Water

[Night Angler]

the biggest bow was 14lbs.. caught 6/17/00

the biggest brown was 22lbs.. caught 9/29/02


only reason I know the dates I had these mounted,,,


I havent kept a big fish since




by the way the one I got the other night was on a scud.... size 12

[Bostonangler]

Thanks MOturkE. .

[SilverMallard]

Bostonangler,

Latest State record was set on October 3, 2005 of 27 lbs, 10 ounces by Rick Osborn of Camdenton, Missouri. Caught in Lake Taneycomo.

Nope! It was caught by a fellow from STL in Taneycomo this July. It was recently made official. I forget the weight, but it supercedes Osborn's fish.

But my point was:

I was fishing backcountry streams in very high country, not a stock pond in Gunnison. A huge Brown on the Lake Fork is a 20-incher. Rainbows tend to run smaller. I was also fishing upper Henson Creek above Capitol City. There we're talking about Brookies in the 5" to 12" range. And these are WILD fish...not carryovers from a hatchery. Not the same deal...apples and oranges...dumb to try to compare based on fish size. It is two very different types of fishing experiences. And I enjoy both very much for what each has to offer.

For me, fly fishing isn't always about the size or numbers of fish caught. It IS always about catching fish or I wouldn't go, but when fishing for native Brookies in a 6" deep 5' wide beaver pond off of a 10' wide creek at 13500' in the Rockies using dries on a 4wt I am not targeting 20 lb lunker Browns in the Ozarks in a park at the base of a dam in the middle of town. Capiche?

[MOturkE]

I forgot about the one in July...

Thanks Mallard.