2008 Trout Fly Fishing Challenge Entries

[AndyK]

This is the thread for posting entries for the

2008 Trout Fly Fishing Challenge

Competition Leaders (http://karamanos.us/Fishing/trout/trout2008/trout2008.html)

Rules (http://karamanos.us/Fishing/trout/trout2008/trout2008rules.html)

Entrants (http://karamanos.us/Fishing/trout/trout2008/trout08entrants.html)

Competition Thread (http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=196182)

Entrants are encouraged to post their photos to a separate thread showing all their photos and a description of their trip. Then just post their largest trout from that trip here.

Please don't post your pictures here unless you are an entrant in the contest. Do not use this post for commenting on entries or congratulating entrants. The moderator will remove replies or photos that are not part of the contest.

First entry is this small 18-½ inch rainbow I caught on 15 May. It is the first entry for the categories of Stillwater trout and Oregon trout. Hopefully it won’t be a leader for very long!

I caught the rainbow in a private lake near Vernonia. I was using a floating line and a #12 peacock Stillwater nymph:

http://karamanos.us/Fishing/trout/trout2008/trout2.jpg

[Turnerjo13]

Here is my first entry. This fish was caught in this weekend. It was a nice 20.5 inch brown from a river in the eastern oregon.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/fish.JPEG
I caught it on a size 20 flash back pheasant tail that has peacock thorax. I shot the pheasant that made the fly, I tied the fly and I built the 4 weight that I caught the fish on.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/HPIM0318.jpg

[Turnerjo13]

This is a 21 inch rainbow that was caught in a private pond in southern Idaho this weekend. This fish was originally brood stock for a fish research station before it was stocked here last fall. It survived the winter and was still here this weekend. It was probably around five pounds.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/HPIM0320.jpg

I caught it on a rubber legged green butted skunk. This was by no means finesse fishing but still a good challenge and lots of fun.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/HPIM0323.jpg

[PDXSteelhead]

My entry - 22 1/2" from stillwater in SE Oregon. Caught on a micro tinsel / peacock chironomid pattern.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i179/pdxsteelhead/DSCF1250.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i179/pdxsteelhead/DSCF1313-1.jpg

[Slow and Low]

17.5 Deschutes Bow. Stonefly nymph.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/New_Image-1.JPG

[nehalemguy]

Coastal Cutthroat. Rock Creek, upper Nehalem watershed. Black Elk Hair Caddis. Not the biggest of the day but pretty none the less.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Coastal_Cutthroat.jpg


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[Skunked]

Little guy, but I wanted to get something on the board.
11" peacock caddis, caught in a western oregon stream.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Trout_81208.jpg

[D3smartie]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6414/006or5.jpg
19inch cutthroat caught on my secret cutthroat fly. :meme:
still hunting for a bigger one but this guys cheeks were awfully purdy..

[Turnerjo13]

So i caught another one similar to the above post in the same Idaho farm pond last week. He went about 21''. Got him on a black wooley bugger with an orange bead. a friend is holding my rod in the picture.
http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/IMGP2075.JPG

[D3smartie]

This cutthroat we will officially call 22". Just a beauty of a fish that ate a conehead muddler size 4. he was safely released after the quick picture:meme:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5351/927editna1.jpg

[Skunked]

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/trout_100108.jpg
12" rainbow, small fish but I liked the pic

[Nick6547]

Bull trout, 24 1/4"

Metolius river (of course) on a half chicken.
http://www.ifish.net/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=11571&stc=1&d=1223417462

[stillwater97]

What about this?

22 to 23 inch Crescent Lake Mackinaw 11/2/2008

white zonker, 3x tippet. took the fly in about 15 feet of water.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/DSCN1102.JPG

[Stickswinger]

I am new to the ifish community and saw this competition. Although I did not register, I will show you average fish for this area that would win this competition each year. These were caught in Southern Oregon in June 2008 in spring creeks using 9' 6 weight rods, medium sink lines and small woolly buggers (size 10) with long tails. It reminded me of fishing for redfish in the marsh creeks in South Carolina more that flyfishing for trout. The first one is 25" while my buddy's fish was measured at over 28". He was visiting from Jackson, WY and was selling a fly-fishing ranch down on the Upper Williamson and wanted to fish some other streams in the area. This is what he got:

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[AndyK]

The votes are in and D3smartie wins the competition for the most beautiful trout with this photo!

Nehalem Guy came in a close second with 43 % of the votes.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5351/927editna1.jpg

[Ty]

Congrats!!

[Matthewc]

Beauty! congrats :applause:

[Slow and Low]

That is one hell of a nice fish. Congrats.

[D3smartie]

Thanks guys. He was(and hopefully still is) a beautiful fish. I sure do love sea-run cutts:meme:

[money2182]

http://a505.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_0e899e140ace4eae21eb6966e84b5448.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=16494666&albumID=1973215&imageID=37710489#a=1973215&i=37402718)
lil wild cuthroat small but beauifull caught on a parachute adams at the snow peak mainline near lebanon Or

[money2182]

http://a836.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/78/l_3a1dee3242454ebf2cb365d2f85b3be3.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=16494666&albumID=1973215&imageID=37710483#a=1973215&i=37710486)
thought id add this it was my first fish landed on a fly rod early this summer caught it on a orange elk hair caddis at broken bridge pretty high up quartzville creek

[Nick6547]

So who won?

[AndyK]

So who won?

Trout Competition Winners (http://karamanos.us/Fishing/trout/trout2008/trout2008.html)