Fly Fishing

Edmund has more seriously done some fly fishing, in catch and release stream areas, this year. This beauty hit his line on the Lake Fork River north of L.C., where the river runs along the edge of Highway 149. It's a public lands area, has good access and parking, and several of the folks who enjoy flyfishing have had good luck in that area this year.
This fish got its reprieve, after the photo op (I was handy with the camera) it swam away to freedom and further growth. We didn't measure, but it was @ 16", for anyone who cares about statistics. Color on these stream rainbows is much more vivid than those we catch at the lake. Plus they fight like tigers, so the experience is more exciting. This is the first time E has actually netted from the flyrod, previously he's just pulled them to the bank and released them.
He's going out again today to see if he can repeat.