Thursday, April 15, 2010

Connecticut's Tigers

While fishing one of Connecticut's Class 1 WTMA's I had the good fortune of hooking a wild Tiger trout.

I had been fishing a dry fly in a run along a half sunken log when a trout rose to the fly, missing it.
I continued to float the fly in the same way and a few drifts later the trout took the fly. I could tell the fish was of good size by the feel of its weight. As the fish was coming close to hand it appeared to be a brown. As I reached to the fish I noticed it was indeed a Tiger. He had a lenght of about 12 inches. As I laid my rod on the bank I reached for my camera, thats when the trout made a run upstream and departed.

This is only the second Tiger I have caught , the other was on another WTMA also.

As I sat back on the bank I wondered how many more of these Tigers swim in this stream.

6 comments:

  1. Very Nice!
    Still looking for my first Tiger.
    Glad you were able to get out and enjoy the great weather.

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  2. Congratulations on the launch of your blog Brk Trt. Your wild brook trout are the prettiest trout I've ever seen... just beautiful.

    Look forward to following your adventures.

    Best,
    Andy

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  3. AT, I hope you can get out this weekend, perhaps the weather will cooperate.

    Good luck friend,


    Brk Trt

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  4. Andy,welcome and thanks for the compliment and the well wishes.

    Those tiny flies you tie are special.



    Brk Trt

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  5. What a great pic of the tiger. Had to come over to your blog and compliment you here as well. I've not been lucky enough to catch a wild tiger yet...until I do, I'll marvel at your pics.

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  6. troutrageous,

    Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the compliments

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