Kodiak, Alaska. The day is May 19, 2005 and it is 4:30 p.m., I have just sat around all day tying flies and have the itch to go fly fishing. So, at the spur of the moment I left everything behind and loaded the pontoon boat and fly fishing gear into my old beater Ford truck (fit for the best of trout bums). I drove to a nearby lake and admired the glass calm lake surrounded by spruce trees as i put on my gear. For the next hour and 50 minutes i worked lots of shoreline with a few hits but no fish landed. At 6:50 p.m. i cast a small secret nymph to the edge of a log and some lilly pads. I watched my line as the fly sank. My fly rod doubled over and I set the hook, even though the fish probably set it itself. Immediately, an enormous Rainbow Trout cleared the water several times and then took off like a freight train into my backing. I fought the fish for 5 minutes only to almost have the fish netted but then witness another blistering run. After another 5 minutes i netted the fish and admired the 25 inch hen rainbow trout. Since i was by myself in a pontoon boat i knew any pictures i took would be crappy because i was going to realease the fish. I took some photos for my satisfaction and released the magnificant fish. I have caught many big bows before but this one made me remember how the other ones felt and why I am obsessed with large bows!