On 08/17/2016 08:08 PM, Dapp - Jim - Jim Weller wrote:

 DS> I wonder what you mean by rainbow trout?  I had always thought that
 DS> rainbow trout were fairly small, caught via fly fishing in small
 DS> streams, and weighing about one pound or less

Could be, but in the Kenai River (and else where) they can be fairly large.  I
know people who initially thought they'd caught a Red (aka Sockeye) and had it
turn out to be a Rainbow, won't go into the woman who "caught" a Loon.  They'd
also made the same mistake with Dolly Varden.  Stuff "rainbow" and "kenai
river" into goggle and they start talking about 10lb fish.  My FIL caught a
14-16" one in it, charter, I caught about a 35lb King (aka Chinook).  Both were
to small to even weigh.  I've got pictures if anybody wants to see.

Having said that, when I lived in Colorado I spent a lot of time up close to
treeline catching teenie-tiny rainbows and brookies on steams of the same
dimensions using a fly rod (I have 4 ranging from 6' to 9').  Lots of fun, bent
the barb down, and turned the fish loose (it's not like I'd eat one!)  Did some
of that here, at a much lower altitude, caught some in the 10-12" range
(wouldn't have a clue about how much they weighed).  Some of the streams on the
Kenai Peninsula just opened on the 1st, I may do some trout fishing next week
since I'll be heading back that way.  Got about 6 weeks before I have to
winterize the place down there.

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