TR: Saturday at the stream

Had a lovely day yesterday. I started off exploring about 15 minutes north
of where I usually fish to check out the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. According to the
PA DNR, this is a brook trout stream, which they supplement with stockings
of brookies. I've always been curious about it, so I thought I'd check it
out. I'm always keen on brookies!

It didn't seem like much of a brookie stream at the three places I stopped
and looked at it- lots of slow meandering sections. Fairly small, at most
20 feet across. I only fished at one of the sections, where I managed to
bring a good sized fish out from under a log to look at my coachman
streamer. I'm not convinced it was a trout, might have been a bass, as I
ended up catching quite a few bluegill/sunfish out of that spot. Seemed
like more of that kind of water.

I did that for maybe 1.5 or 2 hours, then headed to Xxxx Xxxxxxx. It was
such a lovely day, cool temperatures, blue skies and the water was in good
shape. On about the second cast I took a nice brown out of the very first
hole by the corn field parking spot, just down from the big rock hole:

http://filer.case.edu/wpc/junetrout/june06csbrown.jpg

Elk hair caddis did the trick. I'd seen him rise as I was stringing up and
it was a fairly easy matter of roll casting to him with the small tan
caddis. Moved on up from there to the big rock hole and took another brown
and a feisty smallish rainbow. Then the old guy I see pretty much every
time I'm there (I call him Pete because he's always shouting that at his
dog) moved in right on top of me and I gave him the spot.

Fished on up to the glory hole and on that magic caddis pupa emerger that I
like so much got a good rainbow and then a very pretty brown to take. They
just nailed it with no hesitation. Here's the brown:

http://filer.case.edu/wpc/junetrout/june06csbrown2.jpg

I headed back to the car and fished the big rock hole just for a little
while, taking another rainbow on a peacock trude. It was still early-ish,
about 4:30, but I decided enough was enough and headed home. A good day!

Bill

William Claspy wrote:
Had a lovely day yesterday.

It seems so. Bring some of those nice fish this way when you come.
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TL,
Tim
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William Claspy wrote:

Had a lovely day yesterday.

[snip of nice report]

I headed back to the car and fished the big rock hole just for a little
while, taking another rainbow on a peacock trude. It was still early-ish,
about 4:30, but I decided enough was enough and headed home. A good day!

Nice going, my bookish brother. I envy those of you who can head
out to a nice cool day. We're expected to hit 100 this week, and I
haven't been on the water for a month now. And when I did go, my home
river was just coming down from flood stage (due to the only rain we've
had in the past two months).


Chuck Vance (who tries to keep his chin up with the knowledge
that he'll be heading to Canuckistan at the end of August)