Nevada's state record for the largest rainbow trout was broken on February 10, 2011 by a Mike Mott. This 64 year old angler caught the trout on a fly rod while fishing at the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Best of all, Mike had only learned to fly fish a year earlier and so is still considered a novice by experts!
Mike's rainbow trout weighed 16 lbs, 8 ounces and measured 30.5 inches in length. The previous record weighed 16 lbs, 4 ounces. Despite the previous record being an inch longer, the weight of the new trout was sufficient to clinch the record.
Mike Mott was fishing with a stonefly nymph on floating line when he made his catch.
You can read the full story of Mike's record rainbow trout by clicking here.
Great catch and like you said, especially for Mike since he got started fly fishing only a year ago.
ReplyDeleteThe discussion on that site was less about record trouts than more of a political nature but that's another subject. Too bad some people can't just be fair and honor a good catch.
Thanks for sharing the link.
Always Tight Lines
Rick