This evening I was about ready to go chase Native Brookies, but instead decided to go back to chase trout with streamers in hopes of breaking out of yesterday's skunk. Fortunately this was a good idea. In the first pool I had a chase and a strong take. The next led to a nip. Then finally, in a deep trough, I saw an active brown. Into the water went the streamer. Sure enough the fish hammered it and reluctantly came to hand. He had very clean, crisp gill plate markings.
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The Mangled Streamer |
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Far downstream I took a smaller brown in a long glide. The pocket water bellow this holds quite a few fish, and sure enough a rainbow chased and hit. I spotted a nice brown by the commotion he made in a small shallow pocket, and sure enough he chased the Barely Legal right to the shore. When he took his back was well out of the water, quite a sight. Enough to startle me and ruin the chances of a good hook set. I'll catch that fish on the next outing there.
Nice catch and good experiance. That water and shore line looks good. I could camp there for days. Fish on...
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful river. I just wish it still had a healthy wild fish population.
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