# Big fish. Little water

**URL:** <https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044>\
**Category:** Idaho Fishing General\
**Created:** [September 27, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044 "2009-09-27T03:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Everet14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@Everet14](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Everet14)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/1 "2009-09-27T03:09:36Z")

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I have been fishing my “home river” lately for the migratory run of fish it gets and it has been sweet! Last night right at dark I hooked this brown on a size 18 BWO nymph. Big fish that ran like crazy!

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**Author:** ![tob04002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tob04002](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/tob04002)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/2 "2009-09-27T03:13:47Z")

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What is your “home river”?

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**Author:** ![Everet14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@Everet14](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Everet14)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/3 "2009-09-27T03:38:38Z")

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can’t say…

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**Author:** ![iliketofish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@iliketofish](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/iliketofish)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/4 "2009-09-27T15:51:44Z")

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I think I know what river you’re talking about, (not sure though). That’s one heck of a fish!  
If it’s the same river I’m thinking of, I pulled these two fish out of it in the same morning right before the end of the season a couple of years ago.

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**Author:** ![windriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5daacb/32.png) [@windriver](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/windriver)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/5 "2009-09-27T18:08:33Z")

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Nice pics Everett. Good Job.

Windriver

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**Author:** ![ironrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@ironrod](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ironrod)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/6 "2009-09-27T18:23:01Z")

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All of the above fish are GOOD LOOKING FISH! People can’t hardly believe we have fish  
like that in Idaho…I won’t try to pretend I know for sure where they came out of but  
I’ve caught my share of large fish in our surrounding rivers! NICE WORK !!

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**Author:** ![poky-mon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@poky-mon](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/poky-mon)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/7 "2009-09-28T03:18:12Z")

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you can tell it was that utah river huh right yep down the street and to the left. Now don’t fib.

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**Author:** ![drowning\_flys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@drowning\_flys](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/drowning_flys)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/8 "2009-09-28T04:02:19Z")

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Those are some nice fish 🙂

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**Author:** ![Everet14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@Everet14](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Everet14)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/9 "2009-09-28T04:35:40Z")

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You got me.[:/] I didn’t think anybody would figure it out…

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**Author:** ![flygoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@flygoddess](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/flygoddess)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/big-fish-little-water/157044/10 "2009-09-28T05:11:53Z")

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Man I sure wish we could have rivered it with you. 8 days on the H beat us old farts up though. I have a bit of night blindness so never been much good at that, but I know, you want big browns, that is the time. Are they spawning yet? I would think more November, but the Brookies seem to be now.  
By the way, the fact you are like 7 foot tall, that fish still looks pretty nice.  
I still want to adopt you…LOL
