Well, Got out a little before noon. I headed to a place that I have been meaning to fish for quite some time. Its a small brook, that's relatively close to me. I was happy to see all the cloud cover, but once i was geared up and ready to fly, the sun came out. This made fishing this stream much tougher. Gin and thin on a sunny day is a tough challenge.
I fished a good section of the stream. Nymphing the whole thing. The oldie was just a wee to heavy for this brook in many areas, so i went with the high test hares ear, trailed by a top secret
midge. The wild brown were very eager to take the hares ear. All the trout i caught on that brook took the hares ear.
I certailny spooked more fish than i caught. The ones i caught were taken with a long cast with a long leader, and from a knelt down casting position.
With a my shadow casting ahead of me about 15ft, and my stomach growling, I decided to head on back to the car. With how tough the conditions where i was pleased to got "more than four"
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My largest fish of the day, I was quite surprised by the size of trout in this brook. |
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Can you see the two trout? |
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After I had a quick lunch, I headed to my favorite spring creek for the last hour of the day. My first fish was on the top secret midge. I moved up into a pool and noticed some trout dimpling and sipping bugs from the film. I gave a quick thought, hmm midge pupa hatching, or spinner fall. With the sun fading fast, I quickly swapped out my nymphs for a spinner. With a #20 double wing spinner on, I made my first cast drift. Dimple, fish on. I manged to get all four risers rather quickly. With about 5mins worth of light left, I walked back to the car. |