Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2021 I have never done this before, posted pics of customers fish like this. Because it's not the rod that catches a fish, it's the person/place, but I just had to share these pics because I'm blown away. One of our customers just sent these pics tonight. He just got one of our 11' 3wt euro rods recently. Caught these monster brookies on it. To say I am jealous would be an understatement I'm happy to have built the rod that caught these, but I would much rather be on the "catcher" end rather than the builder end. Just absolutely beautiful brook trout!! Said the biggest was 18". Just beautiful brook trout! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2021 Good job 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2021 Those are beautiful Brookies, all hussied up. Nice to see them that big. What part of the world? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-Kno 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2021 Those are HUGE by brookie standards! Beautifull! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 Look at the size of the MOUTH on that fish !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Duck 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 Ha ha. I had to do a double take. I read that title as HUGE boobies. I got really sidetracked there for a sec. Yes, those are some nice ones😂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feathers5 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 Beautiful brook trout. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WJG 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 Your rods have caught brookies larger than that. The same reason I asked you to put a thread wrap at 20". That's my line for brag worthy trophy size trout. Nothing prettier than a brook trout in the fall colours. Your 10' 3wt has also landed +20" steelhead in small rivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 HUGE? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 Those are huge Norm, but they are a bit different than stream/river brookies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeet3t 0 Report post Posted October 16, 2021 Our local Appalachia strain of brook trout is much smaller. Six inches is good. Heard of one that went nine inches. The TN state record is 4-12, caught from the Caney Fork River in 2016. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2021 Somewhat like they are here too. Ours will average about 6"-8" range, 10"-12" is a "good" one, one in the teens is a bragging size fish. Brookies are a beautiful fish at any size imo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lesg 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2021 I could be wrong but judging from the photo that might be a splake. It lacks the red dots surrounded by a blue halo that is found on brook trout. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-Kno 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2021 The splake I've caught have a more forked tail and less color than the monster above... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lesg 0 Report post Posted October 17, 2021 J-Kno, I have fished brook trout all my life and was surprised to catch splake that were identical except for the blue haloes. I did a bit of research and found out that the M.N.R. here in Ontario had been back-crossing the original splake (brook/lake) with brook trout. On another note a friend is a taxidermist and when I walked into his shop one day and commented on a nice splake that he had ready for a customer he started laughing and said that I was the only person that realized it wasn't a brook trout including the guy that caught the fish. He tried to tell the guy it was a splake but the fisherman insisted it was a brookie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites