It was a pleasure to meet Bill,” Hamilton said.Ĭounty trails, rivers, offer outdoor escapeĭOBSON - Surry County officials recently announced that July is Parks and Recreation Month. “Thanks to Bill Anderson for showing up and helping with the weight and measurement. After weighing and measuring the fish, he set it free to fight another day. While the state record for a brook trout is more than 7 pounds, Hamilton said this one put up a huge fight. Definitely the largest brook trout I’ve ever laid eyes on and caught.” This fish was over 18 inches, and weighed a whopping 2 pounds and 15 ounces. I was lucky because Bill had a net to measure the fish, and a scale to weigh the fish. “Another fisherman, Bill Anderson, showed up as I landed the fish. I knew that I had to wear out the fish before landing him. I had a huge hit, and set up on what I believe to be a pretty big fish…I fought this brook trout for over 10 minutes on this light tackle rod. After catching a few brook trout and a couple brown trout around 12 inches, I cast into the middle of fast water. “I was using an artificial woolly bugger number 10, olive in color. I was definitely not rigged up for a big fish,” he said. “I was fishing with a 3-weight TFO flyrod, with Rio line, and a 6x leader. The brook trout, shown here next to a rod and reel, was more than 18 inches in length.Ĭhris Hamilton, of Mount Airy, snagged a brook trout weighing nearly three pounds and longer than 18 inches, last week on the Ararat River.
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