I stopped by a local stream yesterday afternoon and was treated to a four on/four lost visit. Undaunted, I returned today and had a little better luck. In one section of the stream that I had previously had only limited success in, I had five brookies take the fly (Picket Pin or Usual). Four I lost while fumbling with my camera, the other I landed and released after getting a lousy photo of it. In a downstream section I had only one taker, a nice little brookie that I believe has eluded me for the last few visits to the stream (I have lost a fish three times in the run between the two boulders in the last picture). I finally successfully tricked the fish with a Usual and was able to get a photo and send it on its way. I have a feeling that a net may significantly improve my catch percentage. Any net recommendations would be appreciated.
Nice outing. Those losses do happen at times.
ReplyDeleteI don't use a net on most streams, the bigger rivers I do carry a small mesh C&R net.