Here’s the fish you may have heard about. It’s a male brown trout, length 86 cm, girth 60 cm, estimated weight 22 pounds. I caught it indicator nymphing on the freshwater part of the Derwent River, Tasmania (as opposed to the estuary).
I was with my good friend & guide Christopher Bassano, for whom I shall be forever grateful for getting the one net shot right with his huge landing net! Can you believe it took a single size 12 b/h PTN – Christopher’s variation which is now of course my favourite fly. It released strongly and it should be there for someone else to catch one day.
Overall it was a pretty amazing story that I’ll tell in full some other time, with lots more pics. And for obvious reasons to do with poachers etc, Christopher and I won’t be giving any more detail about where it was caught.
[...] Oh and you have to click on the pic _ its a pig. Here’s the fish you may have heard about. It’s a male brown trout, length 86 cm, girth 60 cm, estimated weight 22 pounds. I caught it indicator nymphing on the freshwater part of the Derwent River, Tasmania (as opposed to the estuary). I was with my good friend & guide Christopher Bassano, for whom I shall be forever grateful for getting the one net shot right with his huge landing net! Can you believe it took a single size 12 b/h PTN – Chr … Read More [...]
Thanks for the link Steve, my fish must be nearly as big as some of your tailwater monsters! Very best for the new store,
Cheers
Philip
Thansk mate, only just found your comment.
That is actually bigger than anything this year our best on fly was 15lb. Awesome fish for you mate.
I’m still trying to guess where on the Derwent lol