8.2lb Brownie hooked and landed on my 7' 3wt Glass Fly Rod after an epic battle on a mountain stream in Northeast Victoria. (I may swear towards the end when landed :0 )
Fantastic fight he gave you Scotty. It appears you may have been as worn out as that Beautiful Brown. Would've loved a little more closeup of his markings & colors. My personal favorite sized Crick for the larger holdovers and stream-bred trout. Nice work man. Uncle Fudd < N. PA USA
Wow . I've caught big browns in small streams. Not that big . Well done mate 👏 did you measure it ? I fish a small stream near canberra all rainbows 30 cms is a big fish there . One day I'll get one like that I hope .
I live in Seattle and finding streams like.this shouldn't be too hard at all around the cascades... It can be hard to know where to start besides the web. I google map the rivers and look for tributaries, then research those. I end up fishing major spots instead. Btw, that was insane from the fact that big of a slab was just mellowing in such shallow water, landed it on 3w glass, and almost took him down fighting. Epic catch.
Thanks for the comment Luke; It is all about That Thin Blue Line. Heading out and exploring. What you didn’t see in that video was the massive Log Jam just up stream that if the fish went upstream; it would have been a whole different story. Many hours bashing through Scruby bush and steep valleys along with ant, spider and leech bites. Rewards like this brute of a fish are the rewards 😊👍
It sure gave me a workout. It was in prime condition and after catching its breath; swam away very well. It took me a while for my heart rate to slow down 😎
By no means fake. I have been done by larger ones in this region. Nearly stood on it before I saw it. Didn’t look that big till I set the hook and it turned sideways 😳
I could have used 5X tippet and a carbon 3wt. There was a big Logjam just upstream that didn’t show in the video. Had to turn it downstream. You try and stop 8 1/2 lb Brownie in water like that 🤣
The bush bash into this place with a big net is not fun. It does fine for the majority of what I catch ( up to 5lb) I have had the Timber Net there in the past. Not much easier and a lot harder to hike in with.
