Small Stream Fishing .. As Good as it Gets!

I went back small stream fishing with my son today and had a grand time. We caught about 15 fish in a couple of hours. We also caught bugs, threw rocks, and had a water fight. Can't just do that with most of my fishing buddies. The water temps are just right and the fish are very active. The only down side is that the water levels are starting to drop and get low. Hope the spring rains pick up in the higher elevations.

Small Stream Fly Fishing ON FIRE (5-14-2008)

After making a few trips the past couple of weeks with less than optimum weather conditions, I hit the streams today with partly sunny skies and no wind. The water temps were in the high 50's and the fishing was tremendous. The final body count was 27 for 2.5 hours of fishing. Most were in the 3-6 inch range with a couple topping 8". I also broke a larger fish (12"... okay maybe 10") off when I set the hook a little too aggressively. This stream was a local wild trout stream that had suffered badly in last years drought. Great to see a few larger fish still out there.

Back to Basics

I finally left the sucker fishing for some spring small stream fishing. We were looking for some brookies in the higher reaches of a blue line. Not much in the way of fish but the scenery wasn't half bad.