my first wild fish

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Pj0915
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my first wild fish

Post by Pj0915 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:57 am

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These guys were hitting dries all day yesterday, really fun fishing. Super happy to have gotten my first one! :D
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Re: my first wild fish

Post by BiggerThomas » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:00 am

Beautiful!
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Re: my first wild fish

Post by Troutman » Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:01 am

nice......
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Re: my first wild fish

Post by MickyFinn » Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:25 am

Pretty fish! Yeah, the wild ones just count for more. I had three hatchery rainbows under my belt yesterday when I caught this one--to me, best experience of the outing...
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Re: my first wild fish

Post by Pj0915 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:27 am

MickyFinn wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:25 am
Pretty fish! Yeah, the wild ones just count for more. I had three hatchery rainbows under my belt yesterday when I caught this one--to me, best experience of the outing...
Nice! That’s a healthy looking fish. Finding the wild fish is so fun, they seem so much more aggressive and tuned in with the environment.

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Re: my first wild fish

Post by Razorbacker » Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:30 pm

Pj0915 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:57 am
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These guys were hitting dries all day yesterday, really fun fishing. Super happy to have gotten my first one! :D
NJ beauty!

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Re: my first wild fish

Post by lightenup » Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:07 pm

Remember, suckers are wild too. You catch one on a fly you're doing it right!

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