Rainbow Trout World Records

A look at the International Game Fish Association world record holders for rainbow 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 – 16 pounds, 8 oz., Francis Verdoliva, Jr., Salmon River, Pulaski, New York, Feb. 22 1982

4-pound – 22 pounds, 4 oz., Brent Curtice, Delta Co., Colorado, Feb. 27, 2000

6-pound – 23 pounds, 1 oz., Peter Reece, Heathfield, U.K., June 24, 1996

8-pound – 24 pounds, 8 oz., Bruce Gernon, Sustut River, British Columbia, Sept. 22, 1982

12-pound – 30 pounds, 15 oz., Dietmar Jeschke, Ruhr River, Germany, July 27, 1999

16-pound – 28 pounds, Chuck Stephens, Skeena River, British, Columbia, October 20, 1985

4-pound – 24 pounds, 11 oz., Stephane Warnier, Kispiox River, British Columbia, Sept. 20, 2002

For more world records, check out the International Game Fish Association.