The “Purdiest” trout…

[G_Smolt]

2 more. Because, well...

Trout.

 

[Parabola]

This is a terrible picture I pulled from an old video. I caught this fishing for steelhead on the grande ronde. I’ve fished this river every year for close to 20 years. This is the first and only bull trout I’ve ever caught there. It was definitely my purdiest.

 

[Scslat]

A couple more pretty rainbows from this year.

 

[Tom Butler]

Maybe the most recently caught fish can be the purdist for each of us. From this morning.

 

[Flyfish23]

 

[Herkileez]

 

[IHFISH]

This SRC from a tidewater slough earlier this fall absolutely gleamed.

 

[roger stephens]

The picture shows a 23 1/2 inch(measured) approximately 4 to 4 1/2 lb. sea-run cutthroat which I landed Oct. 2008 on a top water skater sand lance pattern. The fish strike the fly like a toilet flush and took off into tidal current. It was well into the backing onto the reel within 1 0 to 15 seconds. I could not slow it down while using a 6 wt. rod and had to pull the anchor of my boat to chase it down. About 10 minutes later I landed it about 1/4 mile from where it was hooked. It was a sea-run cutthroat of a life time and I still remember the whole event 15 years later vividly.

Roger

 

[Shawn Seeger]

 

[Stonedfish]

 

[Kfish]

This brown was one of the purdiest trout I've caught.

 

[Doublebluff]

Central Oregon redside

 

[Buzzy]

Tony

 

[TroutStyx]

Cutty caught on the Stehekin River by my friend Phil, held by the guide while I am in the background trying to take a pic. We worked for that fish for about 1/2 hour before he committed!

 

[kmudgn]

From one of my Labrador trips. Brookie about 3.5 lbs. This is a "typical" fish

 

[albula]

From one of my Labrador trips. Brookie about 3.5 lbs. This is a "typical" fishView attachment 91835

Is that a radio tag of some kind beside the dorsal?

 

[Salmo_g]

Is that a radio tag of some kind beside the dorsal?

It looks like a Floy tag. It's a piece of solid plastic tubing with numeric or other code information. They may be used in combination with radio tags but usually aren't. Floy tags are most commonly used in population estimation studies.

 

[Northern]

Tiger CU - some of the odd pattern is shadows from the net

 

[Northern]

My favorite pattern in situ.
Also, if you zoom in, you can see my chartreuse kayak reflected in its eye!

 

[Zak]

My favorite pattern in situ.
Also, if you zoom in, you can see my chartreuse kayak reflected in its eye!
View attachment 91874

I saw that pattern catch a bigger, also very pretty, fish!