headed down to the slough for an hour of water cool down time (the house is about 90 so i had to escape). i am glad i made the trip i decided to take the lazy way today and continue using the set up from Pass Lake last night, sinking like and a brown bead head wolley bugger. fishing was slow and i wasent expecting much because of the rain the water was about a foot higher and filled with crap and weeds floating down the river. then all of sudden mid drift my line went taught and i set the hook. expecting a pike minnow and an easy reel in i was plugging away when the fish started on a run! went up the river about 30ft then back, i played it for a solid 5 minutes and brought it in. what a beautiful fish. it was between 12"14" but i have never seen a rainbow has wide it had to have been 2.5" wide it was a fatty. i left shortly after that. i had a few bites but i was being disctracted by my photographer AKA girlfriend.

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