John Berry Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 I guided a gentleman from Memphis on the Norfork yesterday. We arrived just as the water was starting to fall out in the Catch and Release section. The weather was perfect. It was sunny, about 55 degrees and not that windy. There were only about three other people in that section. We took an incredibly fat twenty inch rainbow right off the bat. The girth was pretty amazing, a true riffle hog. We landed a few other bows up to seventeen inches long (the smallest was fifteen). Then we hooked a twenty two inch cutthroat that was the nicest cutt that I have seen in quite a while. Halfway through the fight my clients reel started freewheeling but he deftly managed to strip it in. It was the biggest cutt that he had ever caught and he was thrilled. After the water completerly dropped out the action really slowed down. We fished a while longer and finally called it quits. We had not caught a lot of fish but we had landed some really nice specimens. John Berry OAF CONTRIBUTOR Fly Fishing For Trout (870)435-2169 http://www.berrybrothersguides.com berrybrothers@infodash.com
Danoinark Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 That is a beaut!!! John what is the biggest brookie you have seen on the Norfork? Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
John Berry Posted February 9, 2008 Author Posted February 9, 2008 Dano, A few years ago, I landed a righteous nineteen incher at McClellans. It was a real beauty incredibly fat and well colored. I have not seen its equal. Of course, I didn't get the photo. I had a client land land a fifteen last year. John Berry OAF CONTRIBUTOR Fly Fishing For Trout (870)435-2169 http://www.berrybrothersguides.com berrybrothers@infodash.com
Danoinark Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Sounds like a stud at 19in...I wholeheartedly feel there is no more gorgeous fish than a brook trout. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted February 10, 2008 Root Admin Posted February 10, 2008 Great fish... thanks for sharing.
Terry Beeson Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Great fish. Big smile... and I don't blame him one bit... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Danoinark Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Great fish. Big smile... and I don't blame him one bit... And Terry your forgot....nice hat!!! Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Members limptippet Posted February 15, 2008 Members Posted February 15, 2008 John, What size tippet was your client using to pull in those big trout?
John Berry Posted February 15, 2008 Author Posted February 15, 2008 That was 6X tippet. on a fish that large it was quite an accomplishment. To make landing it even more of a challenge the fly was a size eighteen with the barb pinched down. John Berry OAF CONTRIBUTOR Fly Fishing For Trout (870)435-2169 http://www.berrybrothersguides.com berrybrothers@infodash.com
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