24-POUND BROWN ON A MOUSE

Tom Ossoff and his father—both from Oil City, Pennsylvania—have been doing DIY summer fishing trips together for 24 consecutive years. Their dedication paid off with the fish of a lifetime. They used to camp on their annual sojourns, but now his father is 80 years old and is battling cancer, so this year they stayed at the Rainbow Drive Resort in Cotter, Arkansas, for 16 consecutive days. Tom fished the White River with the elder Ossoff during the day, and often drifted by himself at night in his River Rat raft looking for “the big one.” In August 2024 he caught several nighttime browns while fishing solo and swimming a mouse pattern at the surface. The biggest was 33 inches long with a 24-inch girth, and it was carefully released into…

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Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, October/November/December 2024

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