flyfshn Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 HOLY COW!! I would pass out in the stream if I saw/caught a fish like that! Fish On! Mike Utt “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift from God, that’s why its called the Present!” "If we ever forget that we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD, then we will be a nation gone under" - Ronald Reagan Member: www.ozarkflyfishers.org
taxidermist Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 I do know a large brown was ulled from the White Hole area that was dying. But that color even for a color change is super dramatic, even if it had been on ice for several hours. At any rate its a nice fish.
WebFreeman Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Looks like a big dead fish to me. “Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” — Henry David Thoreau Visit my web site @ webfreeman.com for information on freelance web design.
Zach Bearden Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Another thing, IF it had been in a hatchery runner then it probably wouldnt have had all the fins. In the picture it looks like it has them all. In our river the browns look almost exactly like that, just a little bit darker and some even have some red spots. Them browns are some beauties!~ "Its clearly Bree time baby!" Member: 2009 U.S. Youth Fly-Fishing Team. Competed Czech Republic. 7th Place Team Member: 2010 U.S. Youth Fly-Fishing Team. Competed Slovakia. 4th Place Team Member: 2010 U.S. Youth Fly-Fishing Team. Competed The America Cup. 4th Place Team
Crippled Caddis Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Short answer is that color phases vary so widely depending on a huge multitude of factors that two fish from the same hole can appear to almost be different species. Color is the LEAST defining factor in determining origin. Monday I released a 17-18" male Brown from Spring river that was so pale and washed out that he almost resembled a fresh Steelhead. Today I caught a much smaller one perhaps 30 yds. downstream that had all of the colors we love in the Browns. If anything one would have expected the bigger, spawning age fish to be more brightly colored with the approach of the spawn. Color is NOT a defining factor to suggest origin! "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
WebFreeman Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Look at the pix Tim posted from Crane creek earlier this week. Those fish varied greatly in color. “Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” — Henry David Thoreau Visit my web site @ webfreeman.com for information on freelance web design.
loo10 Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Big ol' fish... but I dont believe I ever saw a brown that greyish either. Most I've caught and seen were much more cream to yellow bellied. Not meaning to stir anything up. Just saying the color is different than what I've experienced. Rich Looten Springfield, Missouri "If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong."- John Gierach
Danoinark Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 And you have to consider the obvious flourescent lighting that the picture was taken under...that's just a big ol' White River brown and we all wish we had hooked it. Thanks for posting JT..Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
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