| The fly fishing record for the biggest brown | | | | fish into his boat. |
| belongs to a man in Michigan. Tom Healy is from | | | | To certify that a fish is a record breaker a |
| Rockford and hooked into a brown trout while | | | | number of things must happen and lucky for |
| fishing the Manistee River last fall. The ironic part | | | | Healy, his fishing guide was very familiar with the |
| is that he was not even going for trout when he | | | | process and knew exactly who to contact. The |
| cast his line hoping to catch Chinook salmon. The | | | | state Department of Natural Resources was |
| brown trout weighed 41 pounds and 7 ounces, a | | | | called and representatives were able to properly |
| full pound more than the fish that held the record | | | | weight the fish and contact the International |
| as the biggest catch for over 17 years. | | | | Game Fish Association to start the process of |
| Healy is retired and spends much of his time | | | | certifying it as a world record fish. |
| fishing but still could never dream of something | | | | Healy has been going to Sports Shows across the |
| like this happening to him. He was working a | | | | Midwest with a life size portrait of his fish that |
| number 8 Rapala Shad Wrap lure when big brown | | | | was done by Curt Redden. People say you have |
| struck. He tells the local paper that he knew he | | | | to see it to really appreciate the size of the catch |
| had a big one on the line but wasn't sure how big | | | | and to comprehend the enormity of Healy's |
| until he got it along side the boat. It was then that | | | | accomplishment. He credits the fishing gods with |
| his fishing guide identified the fish as a Brown | | | | the catch and says he was just lucky to be in the |
| Trout and told Healy that it could be a record | | | | right spot at the right time. Healy's new lucky |
| breaker. The fish was almost as long as Healy is | | | | number is nine since the catch was made on 9/9 |
| tall. It took him about 15 to 20 minutes to get the | | | | 2009. |