I returned to a small stream in a nearby state forest yesterday afternoon after hearing from BRK TRT that the fish were active and readily taking cream-colored dry flies. Before heading upstream where Alan had been the day before, I fished a section downstream that lead to a large/deep pool that had previously given up some nice brookies. I drifted a cream Ausable Bomber downstream into the pool and wasn't surprised when it was attacked. What stunned me was what I found at the end of my tippet. I knew they were in this stream, since I caught one last winter, but I never imagined that there would be one this large and colorful.
Alan was right about the fish being reactive to cream-colored flies. I'm not surprised since there were a fair number of small similarly colored flies over the stream (yellow stoneflies or caddis). I also saw in flight a beautiful yellow mayfly (sulphur?). I had a good number of strikes (and lost fish) as I moved upstream. Next time I'll bring a smaller dry fly (as Alan suggested, a cream parachute) and improve my odds of landing a few more of these wild fish.
Gorgeous colored brown there!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs I said, I was stunned. I wish they all looked like this one.
DeleteYou did very well my friend.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fine brown from such a thin blue line.
If you look at my February post entitled "Last Chance.." you can see the last brown that I caught there. It's definitely not the same fish. It's amazing to see fish like this living in this small stream.
DeleteBeautiful fish and a great looking stream.
ReplyDeleteThe fish are wild and colorful in this stream, although not really numerous. It takes a fair amount of patience to fish there since much of the time it's close-quarters and fairly jungly (northeast style).
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