1964 - My Brown Trout

Esther's 11 inch Brown Trout June 1964

The only trout I ever caught as a child was this one.  I remember the water was low and clear, and I saw this fish swimming down the river.  I threw a worm right in front of it and couldn't believe it when the fish grabbed the worm.  With one quick pull, I pulled the trout right out of the river and it went flying through the air and landed in our garden.  I didn't know what kind of fish it was, so I ran up to the house to show my parents.  They told me it was a brown trout, so I kept it and really enjoyed eating it.
Not long after this, my childhood fishing adventures came to an end when my parents bought a house in another part of town, and I no longer had a river in my backyard to fish in.