AKGrayling,
I remember those pics and they are nice!
Back in the day when it was legal to fish with droppers, I once had a double: a pair of 5 pounders! One a Dollie and the other a Rainbow. The dollie took a glo bug and the bow took the muddler. I'm still amazed that I was able to land both of those fish on 2x tippet!
That combo was deadly for weeks. It became so easy to take large fish that I started busting the barb off of all my hooks and just counted the takes!
Somewhere, I have a pic of my older brother and a dollie he caught. It was a real pig! Only 24 1/2" but had an 18 1/2" girth and weighed over 11 pounds! It's head would have fit a normal 3 or 4 pounder but the rest of it looked like the largest male pink you've ever seen!
One of these days, I'll bust into the pic archives lying around the house and pass some along. I wouldn't be suprised if we have caught the same fish before.
best,
bhtr
