I caught this 14lb Jack brown trout at 10.30pm on May 2,1998 at
the mouth of the Hinemaiaia River as it flows into Lake Taupo.
The fly was a size 10 Booby
fly with black head, lumo body and a big tuft of black
marabou for the tail. Fished on a rocket sink shooting head with
an 18 inch, 8lb leader.
There is a wide spread myth that brown trout do
not take lumo flies. This is a myth. All the
large browns I have caught in lakes, at least twenty fish over
8lb, have been caught on lumo flies.