Pictures never do these large trout justice in just how big they really are. Here’s Carter from Rockford, MI with his first ever Muskegon river rainbow trout caught on a fly rod with a gray drake pattern. All Carter wanted to do was “touch a real rainbow trout” as this was the only north american game fish he’s never really seen first hand. Well, Carter’s wish came thru in a big way with this awesome bow and several other browns. Congrats Carter, hope you stick with fly fishing for many more years to come!
Just as pics don’t do justice to the size of the trout, nor does this pic due justice to the true size of the prolific gray drake hatch we witnessed.
Almost seems impossible the odds of a monster trout striking your fly pattern among the thousands of real spent patterns.
post by: Jon Fortuna