Does size really matter?

[laszlo]

Does anyone have one smaller than mine ? Gentlemen show me yours. The newborns are just now starting to take flies. This one was taken in 57 degree water yesterday when it was 95

 

[McSneek]

Yes - size does matter and if all trout were the size of that “minnow” I wouldn’t bother fishing for them.

 

[Bamboozle]

It took me into my backing...

 

[wildtrout2]

It took me into my backing...

I think that's the smallest trout I've ever seen that took a fly, literally.

 

[brookiefan]

Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture, but I caught 2 little brookies at that 3 inch size. The fly was a Royal Wulff and almost the size of it's head.

 

[sarce]

Have probably caught smaller over the years but memory is blurry between what ate a fly vs what I would catch in a dip net as a kid. Here's one I could find quickly.

 

[Bamboozle]

I think that's the smallest trout I've ever seen that took a fly, literally.

I just measured my hand and based on that measurement, that brookie was 2-1/2"

The irony of all of this is I recently got into micro fishing. I'm using tiny 24-32 subsurface flies or bait on minuscule tanago hooks with a dedicated micro fishing rod from Japan using 7X & 8X tippet for my line.

It may sound crazy but when I only have an hour or two to kill this time of year, I have a blast catching dinky dace, compact chubs and small-scale shiners on this rig.

I'm still working on catching the elusive 2 centimeter long fish.

Fishing Crazy: In Pursuit of the Smallest Catch - 15 Minutes - TV | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs

Catching tiny fish only a couple of centimeters in size called Tanago, or Japanese bitterling, is a passion shared by some fanatical Japanese anglers. Fumihiko Nagatani, a sushi chef with 40 years of experience catching the so-called "underwater jewels," uses a microscope to file down fishing...

www3.nhk.or.jp

 

[silverfox]

I just measured my hand and based on that measurement, that brookie was 2-1/2"

The irony of all of this is I recently got into micro fishing. I'm using tiny 24-32 subsurface flies or bait on minuscule tanago hooks with a dedicated micro fishing rod from Japan using 7X & 8X tippet for my line.

It may sound crazy but when I only have an hour or two to kill this time of year, I have a blast catching dinky dace, compact chubs and small-scale shiners on this rig.

I'm still working on catching the elusive 2 centimeter long fish.

Fishing Crazy: In Pursuit of the Smallest Catch - 15 Minutes - TV | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs

Catching tiny fish only a couple of centimeters in size called Tanago, or Japanese bitterling, is a passion shared by some fanatical Japanese anglers. Fumihiko Nagatani, a sushi chef with 40 years of experience catching the so-called "underwater jewels," uses a microscope to file down fishing...

www3.nhk.or.jp

I'm about to do some micro fishing too. Trying to figure out what species are in a little stream near me. I suspect some dace and sculpin. Maybe some chubs. I ordered 2 different size photariums to get some photos. I'm pretty excited about it. I haven't ventured into the super micro hooks yet. Just using sz 22 daiichi w/ a tiny piece of worm.

 

[PennKev]

Does anyone have one smaller than mine ? Gentlemen show me yours. The newborns are just now starting to take flies. This one was taken in 57 degree water yesterday when it was 95

We should start a thread for smallmouth under 8" in length while we're at it. That seems to be a fairly popular thing also.

 

[pcray1231]

From a week ago. Caught a bunch like it. Boy were my arms sore!

Wild or stocked?

 

[wildtrout2]

Just found one I had completely forgotten about. It's no wonder.

 

[pcray1231]

Hand measured my monster was about 2.5" as well.

Without pictures some of these posts would sound really bad!

 

[Prospector]

I’m far off the mark at 3 3/4”

 

[wildtrout2]

Oddly, the little guy I posted was the one and only trout I caught that particular day. The stream I was fishing was very low, but it kept me from the dreaded skunk.