One of the best catches of my life was this Alaskan Rainbow Trout caught in Quinhagak, AK last July.
We’d been catching 16-20 inchers all day, so when I caught the first glimpse of this one, my heart started beating a million beats per second. I did not want to lose that guy. People that fish know, that nobody prays as hard as when they have a huge fish on the line that they so badly want to land.
Well… I landed him. It was an amazing feeling, and Trevor, our guide, my hubby and myself were running and dancing all up in that river when we got a good look at him. He measured out at 26 inches and Matt will forever be jealous of the trout I landed in Alaska.
Thank you, Mr. Trout for making my entire summer. You fought like a champ, posed for my pictures, and you put up with my screaming and bad dance moves as I bragged all about you.
Alaska will always have a piece of my heart… owed mostly to moments like this.
Trevor too looks happy. Nice set of photos, pretty fish, job well done. From personal experience, those are not easy fish to land.
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Glad to see Trevor has his Simms waders on. Earlier in to month, he was leaking badly in another brand. You look suitably attired. Nice fish Tracy!
LOL! yes I’m supporting a REAL wader company now after being soaked for seasons, thank you Simms not so much patagonia. Genuinely one of the best days I had last season for reasons. Chasing lower river rainbows with Matt and Tracy was eventful, sorry to say this but tracy’s fish was big but we had 3 others that were larger that got away. I hope to be hunting fish for these two amazing people for a long time.
-T-