10-28-2011, 04:53 AM
I was going to head down to The Blacksmith today, but I stayed up too late and lost half my day today. I got wondering about a stream that's a little closer to home that I've never fished, and decided to give it a try.
It's definitely chillier this week,[inline "icicles small.JPG"]
and the stream was very small and brushy. [inline "creek small.JPG"]
For the first 20 minutes I was really regretting my decision to fish there. Finally I broke into a little clearing and nabbed a pretty fish off the tail end of a run. I had heard that there were browns in there, so I was pleasantly surprised by a pretty little wild rainbow.[inline "bow 2 small.JPG"]
To make a long story short, I fished for a couple of hours and ended up landing 15 fish and losing a couple more. One spunky little bow jumped six times in a row before throwing the hook. I caught a mix of rainbows, cuttbows, and browns. [inline "cuttbow 3 small.JPG"][inline "cuttbow 2 small.JPG"][inline "cuttbow small.JPG"][inline "brown small.JPG"][inline "bow 4 small.JPG"][inline "bow 3 small.JPG"][inline "bow small.JPG"]
I didn't catch anything huge (though I did spot a couple of better browns getting frisky on some gravel), but found some very colorful, healthy looking fish. I don't see wild rainbows and cuttbows around here much, so it was a nice surprise. Most took a foam bodied, rubber legged stimulator, and the rest came on the dropper, either a green caddis worm or a small green Copper John. I saw a few BWOs, but not enough to really cause any commotion. As I was climbing the bank to get out of the stream, I happened upon an apple tree in the middle of the woods that had the tastiest little apples. They were nearly white with just a hint of pink on them, and nice and crisp. It was a perfect way to end the afternoon on this pretty little stream.
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It's definitely chillier this week,[inline "icicles small.JPG"]
and the stream was very small and brushy. [inline "creek small.JPG"]
For the first 20 minutes I was really regretting my decision to fish there. Finally I broke into a little clearing and nabbed a pretty fish off the tail end of a run. I had heard that there were browns in there, so I was pleasantly surprised by a pretty little wild rainbow.[inline "bow 2 small.JPG"]
To make a long story short, I fished for a couple of hours and ended up landing 15 fish and losing a couple more. One spunky little bow jumped six times in a row before throwing the hook. I caught a mix of rainbows, cuttbows, and browns. [inline "cuttbow 3 small.JPG"][inline "cuttbow 2 small.JPG"][inline "cuttbow small.JPG"][inline "brown small.JPG"][inline "bow 4 small.JPG"][inline "bow 3 small.JPG"][inline "bow small.JPG"]
I didn't catch anything huge (though I did spot a couple of better browns getting frisky on some gravel), but found some very colorful, healthy looking fish. I don't see wild rainbows and cuttbows around here much, so it was a nice surprise. Most took a foam bodied, rubber legged stimulator, and the rest came on the dropper, either a green caddis worm or a small green Copper John. I saw a few BWOs, but not enough to really cause any commotion. As I was climbing the bank to get out of the stream, I happened upon an apple tree in the middle of the woods that had the tastiest little apples. They were nearly white with just a hint of pink on them, and nice and crisp. It was a perfect way to end the afternoon on this pretty little stream.
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