Big trout on the Truckee

In the last week I have had really bad luck on the Truckee and really good luck. Tanner and I went fishing a few days ago and not five minutes after reaching the river, my fly rod broke. I was really disapointed. I have had that rod for about 10 years and I was really attached to it. Luckily I kept a back-up rod in the car, however, after just two hours and two small fish, Raquel called me and said that she was really sick. Tanner and I rushed home to make sure that she was ok. She took a couple of days off and is feeling good again.
Anxious to erase that horrible day from my memory, I headed up to the Truckee by myself. For the first three hours, it could not have been better. I caught several nice fish. Then, at about 11:30, I detected a very subtle hit, not sure if it was a fish or just a slight bump on a rock. I set the hook just to make sure, and then it started pulling. It was a heavy fish. I knew that it was big from the way that it was fighting, but would have never guessed that it was as big as it was. After about a 10 minute battle I landed the biggest trout of the season, somewhere between 22 and 24 inches. However, bad luck also was with me today. Right after the camera took the photo of me and the fish from the self-timer, a gust of wind came along and pushed my camera into the river, which ruined the camera. I can't complain though, I had an incredible time!