Somebody's Fl-EYES Are Bigger Than Their Stomach!

[Bamboozle]

Do you believe this voracious little Brooke I caught yesterday! A size 16 EWC no less!



Not something to brag about but maybe my smallest ever! What's next; a sac-fry?

[Joe]

You have to admire he's intestinal fortitude! I've C&R many RBT and browns that size in really small streams. At least you know the fishery is thriving. But I hate setting the hook on them because they become real flying fish and you have to run into the brush to retrieve them! Take-care.

[Gramps]

What a little beauty.

How did you manage to haul him in?

[TyroneFly]

Must have had to shot in macro mode. I have never caught anything that small. I did catch a perch once that gave birth while I was reeling it in.

[Lotech]

Great Pic!
Any time I can decide whether or not I can eat the fish, I count it as a caught fish. Whether I let it go or not. Had I caught that little dickens I'd start a contest; Who can share piscatorial success against the smallest piscatorial brain. A caught fish is a caught fish.
Thanks for sharing.

I just looked at your pic again. It really is a beautiful fish.

[Joe Valencic]

Must have had to shot in macro mode. I have never caught anything that small. I did catch a perch once that gave birth while I was reeling it in.

Are California perch live-bearers? Ours lay eggs in Ohio.

Not to highjack the thread, but I also have caught them that small on the Au Sable in Michigan. They do get airborne quite easily.

Joe

[MarkKillam]

LOL...know the feeling. Once while fishing a lake here in MT, I set the hook and sent a grayling flying onto the snowbank behind me. Actually I didnt even realize the fish had taken the fly and was going to cast back out. I thought the line felt weird on the backcast and looked behind me to see this little guy flopping on the snowbank. I realized what happened and was able to release the poor guy back into the water unharmed. I still get a chuckle out of it everytime I think of it.

[drolfson]

I have back casted many small bluegill over the last few years. They seem to jump on a nymph just as I start my casting stroke waaaaay too often. It is a fun, but I feel bad when it takes some time to find them.

[TyroneFly]

Must have had to shot in macro mode. I have never caught anything that small. I did catch a perch once that gave birth while I was reeling it in.

Are California perch live-bearers? Ours lay eggs in Ohio.

Joe

That was the first and only time I caught that species of fish. All these years and I thought it was a perch as the fisherman next to me called it that. That was 40 years ago. If only I could recall exactly what it looked like so I could look it up and find out what type of fish it was.

[Humber Brad]

Salmon parr are constantly taking flies when you're on the river...of course I'm fishing with sz 2-6 Blue Charms or something and fish that size still attack it!