Back to Amber today. Loaned my second pontoon to a bass fishing buddy, Tim, who'd never caught trout before on fly rod/flies. Wanted him to see a "real" fighting fish! Began at 10:00. Slow at first but at 11:00 or so it happened. Black chironids, sizes 14-18, drew strikes from 11:00 to 1:30 then slowly tapered off. I managed 12 to net, most under 14" today but landed 2 at 21". Tim had 7-8 hookups with 4 fish landed, the last of which was a good 21" fish. Not bad at all for a beginner!

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