A Good Day of Brookies and Another Unexpected Brown

Alrhough it would be cold today, it would be sunny. I knew right away I was going to have a good day. I fished the Bridge Pool first. A worm pattern carefully probed the depths but I walked back up the dirt track without having caught a fish. No worries, there were other options.

The first thin blue line I checked would not give, but the next was very generous. I was using a bead head Something-or-other wet fly, an it was being taken with vigor by the natives. One smaller fish struck me as being one of the most beautiful I had ever seen.

Stunning!

Another beauty retaining the fall colors.

On I went to another stream, one that I have fished twice successfully but looked to fishy not to hold natives. I hiked a couple hard hilly miles to get there, and after half an hour things were looking bleak. I hadn't seen any signs of life. Then I found a deeper step pool that just looked good. If there were fish in the stream there would be some here. Within a few drifts I had a taker, and the native that came to hand was quite unique. He had a mouth like a grayling!

Fortunately for me this pool wasn't done, and one more surprise was pulled from the depths. A wild Brown! Of all things, I was worried there wouldn't be Natives, but there is even enough water in the summer to support these bigger fishes. I kept going upstream only to find the stream turn spring creek like, with brushed in banks. Good water for dries and wet wading in the spring, but fairly useless now. I know I'll be back on this stream!