I caught the same trout again

[craigfalk]

If this photo looks familiar, it's because it's from a post I made about one month ago.



I caught this 23" rainbow on the Truckee while nymphing under and indicator one month ago. This last Friday evening, I went back to the same hole for the first time. While striping an Andy Burk streamer downstream I hooked another big trout. After landing the fish, I noticed the same small orange spot on the dorsal fin. It had to be the same fish.

Having caught the same fish, from the same hole, I started thinking about landing fish quickly. The first time I caught this fish I was using a 6 weight rod with 3x tippet. The second time I was using a 5 weight rod with 1x tippet. I was able to land the fish faster on the 5 weight. My theory is that using 1x tippet, I confidently applied more pressure even though I was using a lighter rod. Maybe tippet strength is more important than rod weight?

[Morgan]

Id say yes....Your going to break your line before your rod in most cases.

[EricO]

That is too cool Craig. Guess his house is in that hole.

That is one big rainbow!

EO