Brown trout question

In advance, I apologize to the purists here. I was not fly fishing because
of the nature of this stream. Overgrown trees, brush, boulders, all manner
of things. It was frustrating enough with a short spinning rod and a trout
spinner. I would have probably broken a fly rod into twelve pieces and come
out muttering if I had been trying to fish the creek with a flyrod.

A couple of weeks ago, I went fishing in a very small creek. The creek ran
through boulders, and down a ravine, so it was fast in places, and never
very wide. It did have some deep runs and small pools that were one to
three feet deep.

I caught two brown trout that were 14" long, which surprised me from looking
at the stream. One of them was caught by tossing the lure into a pool and
pulling it back through a deep spot. A really fishy looking place. The
second one, I did the same thing, but got no bite in the fishy looking pool
or the deep run. I had the lure about two feet from the end of my pole,
with the tip down, so I just dragged it right in front of me through a run
that was about two feet deep but only about 18" wide. The brown took it
literally at my feet.

I thought that browns were supposed to be very cautious and wary. The water
was turbid because of the amount of water that was coming through small
passages. Was this just a dumb hungry trout, or did he just not see me? I
caught him right at my feet. I want to understand them so the next time I
go, I can catch a couple more nice ones.

And what is the difference between a stream and a creek?

Steve

BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into one of
the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two way radio,
hearing aids, and all.