23-inch brown this morning

[Phil Lilley]

Good jig fishing this morning on Taneycomo. Drifted from the cable down to Fall Creek twice- first drift did very well catching a lot of nice rainbows. Second drift they shut off- pretty amazing. But did catch a nice 17 inch brown below Lookout and then this beast at the Narrows.

Was too big for the 20 inch photaruim but still a good pic.

[Flysmallie]

Nice fish.

That's a cool picture box too.

[Phil Lilley]

[Phil Lilley]

Pictures taken by Duane Doty.

[Johnsfolly]

Phil - Great borwn trout. That fish had great coloration. Were you using 2lb or 4lb line?

[Johnsfolly]

I guess it would help if I could spell the word brown. How deep was the water that you were fishing?

[Ralda]

Great fish and video

[Phil Lilley]

4-pound line. Water was about 6 feet deep. She was in the channel at the Narrows. I used to catch a lot of browns there with the water running on white jigs but this was the first in probably 4-5 years. It hit very hard and immediately took off. Almost broke off on the strike. I backed off the bank to the middle of the lake as fast as I could because I knew it would go to the trees along the bank. I headed up lake first which helped me get position on it. Then it was a matter of keeping the line tight and tiring it out.

[champ187xr6]

Very nice fish Phil!

[Quillback]

Nice one Phil!