Week of Mouse: Day 2

Today I chose to throw mice in some moving water. Trout and smallmouth were the target species, though I was expecting more in the bass department. The water is higher and cooler than it was, and in the last  light of the day I was surprised to get more takes from brown trout than smallmouth. Both have very distinctive takes, and I was getting a lot of the deep gurgling takes that signify a big brown has eaten. I messed up A LOT. I had countless opportunities to hook up, and I only had one bass on briefly. I really need to work on my strip set. I have a little bit more time for that, of course.

I visited one spot that is a weird place that nobody ever visits but is home to some monster brown trout, a 60 yard long tunnel with a pool and weir system in it. I had one huge trout detonate on the Morrish Mouse the moment it hit the water, but it did not reach my expectations. Even after nightfall when trout were popping every cast, I could not hook up. I think my problem was that most of the fish were too small....