New River Madness

For my bachelor party 10 of us headed west to do an overnight on the New River. We had an amazing time and while the fishing wasn't exactly red hot we ate and drank well and the scenery was spectacular. We also managed to catch a couple nice fish. Including probably the biggest fresh water fish any of us will ever see in real life again.

Dinner

My buddy Mcnair landed this 44 inch 24.6lb tiger muskie on a 5wt fly rod with 2x(9lb) tippet. It took him almost 30 minutes to land it and almost as long for us to revive it. The outfitter we were fishing with who has been guiding on this river for 28 years says there is no doubt in his mind that this fish was the largest muskie ever landed on such light tackle.