I just had one of the most amazing trout weekends of my life! My partner and I landed some 60 or more trout on Saturday! Most were in the 4" - 7" range, but we also caught rainbows, browns, and brookies measuring 11"+.
Then, on Sunday, a friend was casting a spinner under a low bridge. A nice 23" rainbow followed the spinner out, but did not hit.
The trout then established a feeding lane just in front of us. The water was quite clear, and I watched the white of his mouth flash several times during the next few minutes.
I tied on a #16 copper john, and drifted it toward him. On the second drift, I saw the white of his mouth flash, so I set the hook. What followed was a lengthy fight pitting his strength against my 4 wt. At the end, I was holding 23" of silvery muscle; the largest I’ve landed to date.
Actually, it was on a stream in south-central Ontario, Canada. South-central and mid-western Ontario have plenty of rivers and streams that get almost no pressure.
Last year I fished a local river almost every night (for about two weeks) during a hatch of large mayflies. I was the only one on the water and probably brought almost 100 trout to the net.
