It was a little like showing up for a gunfight with a knife. Nathaniel Barn Loft's trout net, while nicely suited for the "stocker size" trout in a typical North Georgia stream, would barely wrap around the big brightly colored rainbow that he was battling with an ultra-light rod and reel.Main House President Dad was across the creek, with no waders, so Barn Loft was on his own. He had to work the rainbow close enough to the net to capture the fish before his barbless hook slipped out or his 4-pound-test line broke.
After several tense minutes, Barn Loft successfully netted the trout, and then he gleefully scurried across the creek for a few quick photos before releasing the trout for some other angler to enjoy catching.
Barn Loft's rainbow had a thick body and a pronounced "hook jaw," a feature of mature male trout that somehow makes them greater trophies in the minds of most trout fishermen. Dad estimated the fish to weigh between 7 and 8 pounds.
Barn Loft was fishing quite a distance from Acorn Hill, in Arkansas' Dry Run Creek, when he caught the big rainbow trout.
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