So I'm sorry again. I haven't written anything in 2016. That doesn't mean I didn't fish. In Aug 2015 I changed jobs. Going from a Grain employee at CHS back to being a chef. I took a job at my local hospital as the head chef, and its been wonderful. In Aug 2016 I was promoted to Dietary Manager, leaving me with very little time to sit down and write entries. So just as a reminder that I am here I am going to post some pictures of the trout I caught in 2016. It was a very good year. Starting in January I hooked and landed the second largest brown trout I've ever caught in the Republican. It measured in at just over 16 inches. Then throughout the winter and spring I hooked and landed several other smaller trout. All beautiful and wild. I promise that 2017 is going to be a better year for TRRE.
The best part of catching these small fish is knowing that the population is still reproducing here. A 6-8 inch fish is only a year or so old. And the last known stocking of any brown trout in the Republican river was back in the 1960's. And that was by a private land owner. So these truly wild fish.
