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Gary: I used a Winston rod--my only really nice rod. It was the first rod made by Jeff Walker, when he finally sat down to design what he thought was the perfect trout rod. It is a great rod. A wonderful rod. It has the standard, progressive Winston taper, but it has some reserve in the but that allows it a bit more power when the wind is blowing--which it was in spades, while fighting this fish. I managed to talk Jeff out of the rod, after he let me use it during the Cuttie-thon a few years ago. I fell in love with that rod after fishing it for more than 30 hours straight. I think the fight with the fish was 10 or so minutes. I was using 3x tippet, and was able to muscle the fish a bit. I don't know what kind of line I was using. I used my friend's reel and line, b/c he was using one of my rods, reel and line, and I neglected to bring another reel. I remembered the beer, though. The line was blue, and about a decade old, cracked and scaley. I think it was a S/A line, but Travis (my friend) didn't know, either. Travis had his video camera, and we got the whole thing on film. I hope to post a clip, once I get a copy. The Brownie took a #8 Marathoner, with an orange tail. It's a streamer/nymph pattern I've been fishing for years, now, and have done rather well with. I hooked in to a similar-sized Brown lower on the creek, but it busted me off. I was using the 3x tippet, but it was worn from hitting Russian Olives and willows on occasion. I tied on new tippet and reattached my fly just before fishing the hole where I hooked this Brown. Finally, thought to do something correct. See pic. below for the Marathoner (but with a yellow tail):


Dave: I don't really hate to rub this in, but...today I am "field-testing" our little reservoir to try and catch some of the Westslope Cutts. that were planted in it. I fished it last night, and just caught Browns, that made it through the irrigation canal. I just hate it when I have to spend all day at work fishing with no clients! Yesterday, our wait-staff was training on how to make coffee drinks, then mixed drinks at the bar. So, I had myself a free almond cappuccino, then a 1/2 and 1/2 martini with a twist of lime a little later that day--on the clock.

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