Brook Trout World Records

A look at the 2008 International Game Fish Association world record holders for brook trout caught on a fly rod, listed in order of tippet/line class followed by fish weight, angler name, where and when it was caught:

2-pound tippet – 8 pounds, 8 ounces, Robert Ryan, Minonipi Lake, Labrador, Canada, Aug. 15, 1989.

4-pound tippet – 10 pounds, Sal Borrelli, Minonipi Lake, Labrador, Canada, June 29, 1987.

6-pound tippet – 8 pounds, 12 ounces, Dan Edgerton, Minonipi Lake, Labrador, Canada, July 11, 1995.

8-pound tippet – 10 pounds, 7 ounces, James McGarry, Assinica Broadback River, Quebec, Canada, Sept. 5, 1982.

12-pound tippet – 9 pounds, 7 ounces, Robert Ryan, Minipi River, Labrador, Canada, Aug. 8, 1988.

16-pound tippet – 9 pounds, 2 ounces, Robert Ryan, Minipi River, Labrador, Canada, Aug. 11, 1987.

20-pound tippet – 9 pounds, 0 ounces, Eric Cornatzer, Osprey Lake, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, July 28, 1999.

For complete lists of world records, check out the International Game Fish Association.