Headed to Normandy late morning to wade fish. I have not waded in years due to my back and leg issues. As you can see it was a successful trip. I was fishing a spot that is about 6 feet deep. Tried several cranks but no go with them. Picked up the Trout Magnet rod....the Abu Garcia Diplomat Extreme 6’ 2” solid tip UL and it was game on. Twitching a Bison colored Trout Magnet I netted about 4 dozen stockers in the 9-11 inch range and 2 beautiful 18 inch rainbows. All fish released to fight another day. The new net is going back to Amazon.....the 2 big trout both politely jumped out. The basket is just not deep enough. Line was 2.3# test Varivas ester mono with a 5 foot section of Phantom FC leader....Daiwa Gekkabijin jig head 1 gram #8 hook. This rod is a trout catching machine.....great action. We are to get a lot of rain the next 2 days which means Normandy will probably be unfishable for a while....I sure hope that does not happen as Normandy is fishing great...short drive and lots of hard fighting trout. Had an absolute ball. Hard to get good photos wade fishing....LOL. Life is getting better everyday! Life is good!
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