Comments on: Monster Brown Trout from the Clinch River http://www.randrflyfishing.com/2009/08/03/monster-brown-trout-from-the-clinch-river/ Fly Fishing the streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the tailwater rivers of East Tennessee and western North Carolina Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The One That Got Away, But Came Back To Flip Me the Fin Again… - Fly Fishing Gear http://www.randrflyfishing.com/2009/08/03/monster-brown-trout-from-the-clinch-river/comment-page-1/#comment-1977 The One That Got Away, But Came Back To Flip Me the Fin Again… - Fly Fishing Gear Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:20:33 +0000 http://www.randrflyfishing.com/?p=963#comment-1977 [...] He was dying, and yes, Ian measured him and he was 34 inches long. [...] [...] He was dying, and yes, Ian measured him and he was 34 inches long. [...]

]]> By: The One That Got Away, But Came Back To Flip Me the Fin Again… | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog http://www.randrflyfishing.com/2009/08/03/monster-brown-trout-from-the-clinch-river/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 The One That Got Away, But Came Back To Flip Me the Fin Again… | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:57:15 +0000 http://www.randrflyfishing.com/?p=963#comment-1976 [...] He was dying, and yes, Ian measured him and he was 34 inches long. [...] [...] He was dying, and yes, Ian measured him and he was 34 inches long. [...]

]]> By: Ian http://www.randrflyfishing.com/2009/08/03/monster-brown-trout-from-the-clinch-river/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 Ian Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:56:15 +0000 http://www.randrflyfishing.com/?p=963#comment-1974 Randy, The fish Dennis hooked was a rainbow that was probably about 18" long, maybe 20". A fish that long in the Clinch is in the neighborhood of 3 pounds. That's about the same range as the fish you hooked on the dry fly that broke off. Those were both really nice fish for small nymphs and dry flies and relatively old, but not in the same category as this brown trout. Probably a mere handful like this in the river at any given time. Ian Randy,

The fish Dennis hooked was a rainbow that was probably about 18″ long, maybe 20″. A fish that long in the Clinch is in the neighborhood of 3 pounds. That’s about the same range as the fish you hooked on the dry fly that broke off. Those were both really nice fish for small nymphs and dry flies and relatively old, but not in the same category as this brown trout. Probably a mere handful like this in the river at any given time.

Ian

]]> By: randy ball http://www.randrflyfishing.com/2009/08/03/monster-brown-trout-from-the-clinch-river/comment-page-1/#comment-1973 randy ball Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:10:08 +0000 http://www.randrflyfishing.com/?p=963#comment-1973 Ian, ?, How would you measure this trout up to the one that Dennis hooked that gave him a finger burn. Clinch River 29 June 09, can't wait until next year to go again. Ian, ?, How would you measure this trout up to the one that Dennis hooked that gave him a finger burn. Clinch River 29 June 09, can’t wait until next year to go again.

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