July 5, Missouri

Well, what do you say about this fish. Daniel caught him on a CDC spinner. There was a pod of nice fish that I did not think we could get close to. On the first cast he put it through the herd hopping for a hook up. I told him that it was like shooting at a flock instead of picking out one bird. He asked which one I would pick. I had been eyeing a dimpling fish tight on the grass. The harder the shot the better the fish I told him. He roped a 50 foot cast inches from the grass. As his leading dry straitened, threatening to drag his spinner out of place, the big boy ate two naturals , turned slightly and grabbed his spinner. The fish rolled once and powered out past the boat to sit in the middle of the river.

Even thought there was a language barrier, he knew what I was saying.

Don't rush him, I whispered in Daniel's ears. We slowly worked the fish to us. I had not had a good look at the Brut. As he lifted him to the surface, I caught a glimpse of the tail powering back to the bottom. I knew we had a great fish.

Daniel slowly worked the fish up to the surface and drug it to me. On the first attempt, the fish was in the net, but being so large, all he had to do was push his head out and he was out. My first thought was, Shit I just lost this toad. After a few tense moments and another run, the fish was coming back to a netting position. This time I presented a short net. This way the angler would bring the fish 6 inches closer and I could slide the net to the end of my hand and have plenty of room to net. It worked perfect and we were able to land this fish. Thus far it is the best fish in the net.

We caught a bunch of fish, all on dries.