finally got out.......
 

.....on a lovely 80 degree day in PA. I was long overdue to start pursuing
the local trout, so headed off to the Local Stream(more than a mere trickle
at the moment after spring rains and winter runoff have the springs running
well). In three hours of fishing, over clear water in bright sunlight, I did
manage to baptise my new rod with 3 decent little browns.
Actually, the final one wasn't so little for the stream, and he took a #14
Red Quill after drifting behind the fly for a couple of feet. The fly was a
guess on my part, having seen a few Hendricksons in the air, along with a
handful of Caddis. The other two fish came in quicker water to a pair of wet
flies, both taking a grey colored Submerger. All in all, a pleasant start to
a week of fishing(off to Penn's at dawn, through the weekend). Kind of a
short practice run for what should be day-long death marches on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Tom