21″ Brown Trout
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21″ holdover brown at the Farmington.
Still cannot believe it.
(N.B.: next time I will remember to keep the fish submerged in the water during the photo opp.)
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congrats dude, that's a stunner!
Thank you! BTW, I avidly read your blog. Some awesome pics of bass, trout, carp, and panfish. It's great that you can fish so often.
Wow! Doesn't even fit in the net haha