Well, it is Day 2 here for my long weekend at the Farmington.
Honestly, I am almost too tired to blog. Fished for 10 hours. Caught many fish but had to work for them. A day for quality over quantity, targeting larger fish, and, for a time, unsuccessfully floating emergers and dries and swinging wets.
The two most memorable fish includes the 14.5″ brown below. With the red elastomer behind its left eye, this is a two-year old that was just stocked this spring.
The fish of the trip, and the year, is below. 17.5″ of pure muscle. I do not recall a fish fighting harder or being more wily. Pulled line from the reel multiple times and at a blistering pace. The orange elastomer behind the left eye means it was either stocked in 2014 or 2015 (schedule is here).
Wow, that is a heck of a nice brown, as was the one from yesterday when it was raining! Sounds like a great weekend of fishing so far! Don’t you just love it when they take line off the reel? Nothing like catching trout on a fly rod, most especially with flies you tie yourself. Very gratifying.
I look forward to hearing your next report.
Best Regards, Sam
Thanks, Sam! The Fish of the Year for me, thus far. I’m surprised that the knots held.
Very Nice…..What more can be said đŸ™‚
Thank you!