8.   This summer was probably one of the busiest that I can remember with regards to the amount of time spent working on construction projects. There were so many projects this year that I dedicated a whole page them Summer of Construction 2012. Somewhere in between sawing lumber and hammering nails, a few of us managed to sneak off for a scattered evening trouting. We didn't get away often but most of the evenings were fruitful, and all of them were fun!

7.   On my own first and only evening away, Mark French and I headed into lucky gully for a flick. Straight away we got into a couple nice trout landing a few for the pan. I started casting into deeper water and on my 4th or 5th cast using only a Rainbow Croc Spinner, I hooked into something awesome. I didn't know how big it was, but I could feel it was going to be pretty epic. After 5-10 minutes of reeling and letting the drag out, I landed my prize. By landing I mean pounced on it like a cat and in the process I soaked my right leg in the pond! I wasn't letting this monster of a brown trout get away!

6.  When we got home we hung the big brown on a scale and found it to be a whopping 6.1lbs, a personal best by a long shot! The smaller of the trout were still great pan size trout but look dwarfed in the picture by the 6lb behemoth!

5.   I fried up the three smaller fish for a late supper and put the big one away to be barbequed later.

4.   A few nights later, Mark & Justin went back into our secret location and managed to catch a few nice fish. Mark managed to land another large brown trout, this beauty weighed just under 5lbs, still a record for many of us!

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1.   All in all we had a few fantastic, well earned trips in the woods!

Cheers, MIKE

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