BROWN ON HOPPER

[John Berry]

My wife, Lori, and I went to Rim Shoals on Sunday. I was fishing a western foam hopper and took this brown on the first drift. It was a pretty short battle. With a size six hook and 4X tippet you can really put the heat on them. We fished nothing but hoppers for the rest of the day and caught several fine fish but nothing like this.

[Don]

Nice fish! Sounds like you had a blast. Thanks for sharing.....Don

[DeepDiver75]

Beautiful fish!! In most parts of the country that would be the fish of a lifetime, on a dry fly no less. Congrats! (Now I think I'll go tye me up some hoppers .)

[Danoinark]

Excellent John. Thanks for the report and the picture.

Dano

[davekeim]

Great fish! Some day I'll get one like that! Your character looks just like you! Who is the artist in the clan?

Signed, Cardiac

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

Great fish! Guess it's time to tie up some hoppers! Thanks for the report.

John

[Kicknbass]

Nice fish... what did she weigh and measure. Looks to be about 27" +/- weight about 10 lb's?

[John Berry]

I put a measuring tape on her and she was a righteous twenty-five inches. I neglected to measure the girth and therefore am unable to compute the weight. My caricature was drawn by Bill Wright, a commercial artist for Federal Express and former editor for the Mid South Fly Fishers newsletter. Some say that it is a black and white photograph.

[Greg]

Really nice fish John.

Greg

[John Berry]

Thanks, I believe that it is my largest on a dry fly.