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We try to make it to Ontario every year. We catch so many that by the third day (of a 9 day trip) we have to wrap our thumbs in DUCKTAPE because thay are so sore from landing fish. But... monsters like this are few and far between. Caught on a 5wt rod and a 1/0 popper fly (yellow and black)

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Comment by Keith Owen on July 26, 2010 at 9:14pm
I tell ya what Andre, that gal outfishes me more often than not. Best "Keeper" I ever caught. She ties a fine fly and flings a far line herself.
Comment by Andre Sturkey on July 26, 2010 at 3:20pm
Great Looking Fish
Comment by Keith Owen on July 11, 2010 at 8:39pm
THANKS! I at least get to claim "Guide Props" on that fish. To be honest I was laying on my belly out the back off the boat, jigging up Yellow Perch on an ice fishing rig I found in the tall weeds along the portage trail.
Comment by Bruce Condello on July 11, 2010 at 6:51pm
That is an awesome fish! Congratulations.
Comment by John Sheehan on June 15, 2009 at 3:41pm
Lovely ..a great catch!

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