Saturday, October 30, 2010

An October Day



As these days of October wind down, the nights are cooler to almost frosty, and the days find themselves in the 50's. One day last week found me on a wild trout stream. This stream flows through some beautiful countryside, its waters so very clear. The fly selection was one of southern origin, The Yellowhammer, the fly was given to me by Apache Trout, a fly fisher who just returned form North Carolina.

I dabbed some flotant on it and sent it on its way. The fly is designed to be fished as a wet fly and thats the way it worked best. At the end of the drift I allowed it to just sit at the tail of the pool for a second, when the fly was moved foward with the retrieve all hell broke loose. Orange fire could be seen from the belly of the brook trout as he tried to eat the fly. When brought to hand and admired, then sent on his way, that beautiful image remained. I never tire of those wild wonders.

As I walked the stream several brook trout could be seen on their redds, with several of the males competing for the right to mate with a lone female. I passed up on the opportunity to drift a fly through and let nature take care of the future.

A beautiful orange bellied brook trout

A brook trout lies at the tail of the pool.

A wild wonder who was fooled bt The Yellarhammer.

14 comments:

  1. Love looking at those vibrant brookies. Sounds like that Yellarhammer was just the right menu item.

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  2. Prettiest trout in my opinion. I love the contrast between the orange/pink bellies and the white tips.

    Nice job,
    The Average Joe Fisherman
    http://averagejoefisherman.blogspot.com/

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  3. Beautiful any way you look at them.

    Mark

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  4. Wow! The colors on that trout are amazing! Good to see you were able to fish through the leaves, they killed me in a TMA the other day.

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  5. troutrageous1,Ryan,Shoreman, Savage,
    Thanks,

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  6. Real nice, BRK TRT

    Aljack

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  7. Thanks for sharing. Always fun to find a new fly that fishes well. Beautiful pictures.

    Ben

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  8. Ben, thanks.

    Aljack, Thanks for the comment, also for stopping by.

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  9. The trout on the leaves made the perfect desktop wallpaper. Thanks!

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  10. Amazing creatures that can thrive in tiny waters

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  11. The color on those brookies are spectacular! I think in a contest between the fall colors in upstate NY and the colors on those fish, the brookies win.

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  12. CushmanBrookie, I have the same one on my desktop.

    penbayman, When I walked that stream in August, I thought survival would never happen.

    Kiwi, your right.

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  13. wow that brookie didnt just eat it he drank it too!! good read.

    www.bigerrfish.blogspot.com

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  14. We call that a "Yallar" Hammer down South. Do you have Don Howell's book on Southern Appalachian Trout Flies?

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