Wes Hamlet's nabbing of a 37-pound, 40 1/20-inch world record Kamloops rainbow trout made him a celebrity. National and international news outlets spread word of the catch far and wide. Derby rules, meanwhile, dictated that the fish be presented to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Wes Hamlet's nabbing of a 37-pound, 40 1/20-inch world record Kamloops rainbow trout made him a celebrity. National and international news outlets spread word of the catch far and wide. Derby rules, meanwhile, dictated that the fish be presented to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.