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 By
Bob Borgwat
Pushing nearly 52 years young, I've been
fishing a long time, yet I still hold strong onto the memory of what
probably was the first fish I ever caught. What a trophy that was!
With my mom at my side along the banks
of Puddingstone Lake near San Dimas, California, I pulled a scrappy --
albeit tiny -- bluegill out of the lake using a cane pole, a short
length of fishing line, a homemade bobber and a small wire hook. It was
a happy time for me, somewhere around 3 years old, admiring that little
sunfish like it was a gem panned from a sparkling stream somewhere far,
far away from the suburbs of Los Angeles.
Since then, I've been fortunate to land many
trophy fish -- from a 10-pound rainbow trout to a 140-pound sailfish --
taken from exotic and not-so-exotic locations around the world. But it's
not always been the size of the fish that defines my trophy catches. A
10-inch
brook trout taken from a remote Appalachian stream qualifies as
a trophy in my books. So does a
10-inch bluegill snatched from the waters of a favorite
reservoir.
The
many destinations offered to anglers by Reel Angling Adventures offers
the potential to burn those same memories and many more into the mind of
every angler who visits the trout waters |
 Angler
Bob Shearer was the first client-angler of 2008 to enter the Reel
Angling Adventures Slob Club. Bob's trophy rainbow, caught in mid-March at
Tooni Cove Farm on the upper Toccoa River, was taken deep on a
custom-tied stonefly at a location known as The Big Hole.
Summertime at Tooni Cove Farm on the upper Toccoa River has the trophy
rainbows looking "up." Dry-fly fishing has been phenomenal during the
early morning hours. Summertime trips at Tooni Cove Farm are currently
limited to half-day trips during the morning hours only, starting at
daylight.
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for our next angler --
and we hope you're looking for us -- to book our
guided
drift-boat,
bass fishing and
wading trips.
But we're also in the
business to help you catch the trophy of your dreams.
At Reel Angling Adventures, trophy fish take on many sizes,
depending on their specie. Surely, a trophy fish can be a true slob,
like the 8-pound rainbow trout taken by fly rod in early March by
fly-fisherman Bob Shearer on the private trophy-trout water at
Tooni Cove Farm on the upper Toccoa River. But it can also be
that brightly-colored
wild brown trout caught under the coppery colors of the
spreading fall season.
Trophy stripers join the fray, too, with many of
those behemoth linesides joining The Slob Club gallery this season
alone! During the past summer, anglers guided by RAA's Bill Stranahan on
Hiwassee River drift-boat trips
slammed trophy stripers to
weights upward of 40 pounds!
Come along! Join us for your next
shot at taking a trophy among your favorite game fishes --.
trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, stripers,
bluegills and more! Fly-fishing or conventional tackle! The guides of Reel Angling
Adventures can help you pursue that trophy fish a lifetime!
Book your guided fishing trip today! Call
Reel Angling Adventures (toll free): 866-899-5259.
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