Comments on: Fly Fishing Arizona: The Fish of the Summer… https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/ ...fishing, hunting, and roaming the Southwest Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5289 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:26:49 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5289 In reply to leaky waders.

Thanks David. Definitely was an old fish and I was glad to fool it. I still don’t know how it was living in such a small little pool…

Ben

]]> By: leaky waders https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5285 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:24:12 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5285 wow. that definitely looks like an old fish. It looks kyphotic, like a 80 year old grandma, bent and doubled over. in small streams too, wow.

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5156 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:49:00 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5156 Thanks guys. It truly is amazing what is hiding out in those streams…

Ben

]]> By: Marc https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5154 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:58:14 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5154 That is one awsome brown Ben, I havn’t seen any fish that big all summer.

]]> By: Brian https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5152 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:24:46 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5152 That is awesome– really crazing coloring and proportions– what a beast.

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5140 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:13:56 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5140 In reply to Home Skillet.

Thanks for the kind words Eric. Glad to see you’ve been getting the TEV out and doing some fishing yourself. Can’t wait to get back up there to Oregon…

Ben

]]> By: Home Skillet https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5138 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:41:40 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5138 Big fish come to the dedicated angler that puts in hours on his local streams. Congratulations on reaching that coveted place amoung fly fishermen: “The guy that caught the big one!”

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5116 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:13:39 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5116 Thanks guys. It certainly was a great way to end the summer.

Ben

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5115 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:12:52 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5115 In reply to mr blur.

Could be. I really need to mark my fly rod.

]]> By: mr blur https://azwanderings.com/fly-fishing-arizona-the-fish-of-the-summer/#comment-5111 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:17:59 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=5044#comment-5111 In reply to azwanderings.

butt of the reel seat to end of handle should be 10″.
if that’s the case the fish may be a mite shy of 20″ based on the pic and the fact that the lips are short of the rod butt. mere speculation on my behalf and nevertheless a fine fish. he looks prehistoric.

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