08-05-2010, 04:36 AM
I have been meaning to hit some small streams for quite some time now,but just haven't been able to get away. I found that yesterday I had a window of time between swimming lessons and football practice to hit a smallstream in the Kilgore area.
I took along my son who was anxious to try out his new waders. He brought his 6' 3weight along with a selection of renegades and royal wolffes. We had to wait out an afternoon thundershower, but it wasn't long until the brookies were rising with reckless abandon.
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After about 10 brookies my son was surprised by a nice 12" brown that dove under an undercut bank. Being young and inexperienced he put a little too much pressure on the brown and snapped his 3 weight right in the middle. He thought that was awesome. Dad didn't think it was awesome when he considered the cost to replace the rod.
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Thankfully I had brought another rod just like it just in case I had to help my son catch some fish.[:p]
He continued on down the stream and caught many more brookies before we had to get back to Rexburg.
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[inline morebrookies.jpg]
It is truly amazing how a small stream and beautiful little fish can refresh your world. It is a good thing I have a ton of young boys who need to catch some fish. I think I will get out a bunch in the next couple of weeks.
Windriver
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I took along my son who was anxious to try out his new waders. He brought his 6' 3weight along with a selection of renegades and royal wolffes. We had to wait out an afternoon thundershower, but it wasn't long until the brookies were rising with reckless abandon.
[inline 6foot3weightsmallstream.jpg]
[inline smallstreambigbrook.jpg]
After about 10 brookies my son was surprised by a nice 12" brown that dove under an undercut bank. Being young and inexperienced he put a little too much pressure on the brown and snapped his 3 weight right in the middle. He thought that was awesome. Dad didn't think it was awesome when he considered the cost to replace the rod.
[inline 12flyrodbreakingbrown.jpg]
[inline broken3weightbigfighthappyboy.jpg]
Thankfully I had brought another rod just like it just in case I had to help my son catch some fish.[:p]
He continued on down the stream and caught many more brookies before we had to get back to Rexburg.
[inline closeupbrookie.jpg]
[inline morebrookies.jpg]
It is truly amazing how a small stream and beautiful little fish can refresh your world. It is a good thing I have a ton of young boys who need to catch some fish. I think I will get out a bunch in the next couple of weeks.
Windriver
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