This 17 inch brown trout decided to mess with the wrong caddis pupa. I released her gently enough that she didn't dart off right away, so I was able to take an underwater post-release photo. From the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
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This 17 inch brown trout decided to mess with the wrong caddis pupa. I released her gently enough that she didn't dart off right away, so I was able to take an underwater post-release photo.

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