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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Wild Tuesday

Black Raspberries
 This afternoon felt like the right conditions to get so wild trout, so I went for I hike into a productive creek. Here's the first look I got:

To the end of my 6x tippet I tied a Black Gnat. The first cast into a slick pool was rewarded with a gorgeous wild brook trout. To me it stands out as being a particularly well colored specimen:

By an undercut I saw a rise. It ended up being a very nice brooky, well proportioned and about as colorful as they get. I kept working up, casting to every likely spot and catching feisty trout all along the way.



Tight Quarters


 The above shown pool has a habit of either giving up many good fish or non. Today it was particularly generous, as I caught more fish here than the rest of the stream. The second to last was a gorgeous male that slashed at a skated bomber. The colors remind me of days to come when the leaves are changing and the bite of cool air begins it's subtle approach.



I decided to take a different path home and was rewarded with wild blueberries and the occasional presence of the local ungulates.



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6 comments:

  1. KlagsJune 30, 2015 at 5:12 PM

    Dude, that looks like my kind of day :) Today looked like a really prime day to be out there. Lucky that you got to be on the water. Very nice catches indeed!

    I've fished a place not far from Hartford that has a similar situation to the first photo where a tree fell backwards away from the water leaving the root structure in tact.... it was the only place I could hook fish because they didn't see me...

    Those flatter meandering streams seem to really have spooky fish and you need to stay far back. Tight casting! Impressive.

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    1. RM LytleJuly 1, 2015 at 2:17 PM

      Thanks.
      They are often very rewarding, I've caught some of my best wild trout out of this stream.

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  2. CliffJuly 1, 2015 at 7:10 AM

    That stream is a challenge and rewarding. It's nice to be eating while you travel. Those natives had a good size to them. The deer recognize you by now. Thanks for the trip!
    Tie, fish, write and photo on...

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  3. RI brook troutJuly 1, 2015 at 5:42 PM

    Awesome day! Those colors on the third zoomed in pic are outstanding as are the ones on that colored up male. That small stream certainly gives up some sizable brookies! I noticed the colors on those brookies seem dark to match the tannin-stained and well shaded water. I find that blueberries seem to be around brook trout streams quite often--the two come together.

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    1. RM LytleJuly 1, 2015 at 6:31 PM

      Thank you,
      I don't care where they grow, wild blueberries are delicious.

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