Below, at left: My largest trout caught in Southeastern Minnesota streams weighed @ seven pounds, measuring 25 ½ " long - on a # 12 Hair-wing Dry Mosquito.(Six pounds, 15 ½ ounces; June, 1974)

Below, at right: My nephew Nathan fishing Vermont's famed Battenkill, August of 1998 - his brother Josh, upstream.

At right: The brown trout in our area are fast growers because of the rich nutrients in our limestone streams. This fish, about 17", came to net attached to my # 12 weighted Wooly Worm. (June, 1999)
At right: "Fish on!" Here I am setting the hook on one of our great SE MN brown trout! (August, 1999)

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