Wednesday, July 2, 2014

A Little Mountain Stream, July 2014

We are into the month of July, typically the small streams are running on the low side. It is at this time that water temps are very important to the trouts survival. The little mountain freestone that I fished yesterday was in really good shape, considering very little rainfall in the last few weeks. Maybe all that snow of last winter is paying off now. I took the water temp several times in various locations and it was a cool 62 to a not bad 66. The stream has many runs that dump into pretty good size pools. These pools can hold several brook trout and they are not bashful about eating what ever happens to fall into the water. Even with the appetite of these brook trout almost to the point of being reckless, stealth is important and one wrong move on your part will send these fish into the next pool and beyond.

I started fishing dry flies and pretty much stayed with them. In a few deeper and longer pools I fished a Mickey Finn. I had several followers to the red and yellow bucktail but no takers. On one particular cast of the Mickey Finn, as the fly remained somewhat dry and floated a bit I could see several brook trout fry try to take the size 10 streamer. Thinking to myself what were they going to do with it if they succeeded in capturing it.


The ant and beetle population must be good on this stream, for the trout are in wonderful shape.


I absolutely love this stream and especially this pool. To the right just below the little water fall is a deep run. It flows along a large rock shelf that is a condo for brook trout. A fly drifted along it will bring multiple strikes from different fish. If careful and in the early morning shadows you can see multiple trout just lying at the tail of the pool.


This wild jewel was taken from the pool pictured above. He took the fly as it floated dead center in the pool.



25 comments:

  1. Looks like a great time on a beautiful stream. Glad you enjoyed it!
    Will

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    1. Will Kirousis,
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      I loved it...hope you also enjoyed it.

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  2. i just want to walk along those rocks!

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    1. TexWisGirl,
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      That would be interesting.

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  3. Alan
    Another beautiful stream with one awesome pool that probably has a numbers of brook trout in it. How many trout do you normally take from this particular pool in an outing? Thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell,
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      Bill most times you can take around 3. After that the pools gets quiet. The trout are still there but very cautious.

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  4. I like that pool too. Can you send it out my way? Just kidding.

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    1. Mark Kautz,
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      Wish I could buddy. We're about to get some pretty heavy rains in the next few days, going to fill theses streams right up.

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  6. Nice job Al!!! Great photos as always!!

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    1. TROUT1,
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      I appreciate our comments Pete.

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  7. That is a gorgeous little stream! What was the fly that the last brookie took?

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    1. Kiwi,
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      Chris it's a orange body sulphur parachute. I picked up several from LL Bean last year. They work very well.

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    2. Chris, I can't tie a parachute to save my life, hence I must purchase the few patterns that I use.

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    3. I understand. I even purchase a few flies from time to time. Sometimes i just want to try a fly without buying all the materials. I wouldnt worry about tying a parachute.....your streamers more than make up for it.

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  8. Beautiful small stream! Looks like a place I would love to take a hike and explore. What camera do you use, if you don't mind me asking? You take some great close up shots of the fish.

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    1. Justin Carfagnini,
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      I use a Nikon L820... also a Nikon Coolpix 4600.

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  9. I could stare at those two stream pics for hours. Beautiful!

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    1. Michael Agneta,
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      Mike it's a beautiful peaceful place.

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  10. I'm with everyone else. I never cease to be amazed at the water and the fish and of course, your photography work.

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    1. Howard,
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      I can take credit for a good photo from time to time. But the true stuff like stream and trout all the credit gos to the main guy.

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  11. Alan, all the reasons I love coming to your blog, were shared in this beautiful post. My gosh that is a nice looking piece of water in the 3rd picture. Heaven is just a cast away.

    By the way, I just finished a post over on my blog about my Featured BlogBuddy. Some guy named Alan who fishes the Small Streams Reflections blog. Hope you like it.

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    1. Pond Stalker,
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      Mel, I checked your post out several times and I'm so very humbled. Your kind words are so meaningful.

      Folks check out Mel's blog http://pondstalker.blogspot.com/

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  12. That's one pretty stream, Alan, the kind I love to fish. The streams are still flowing pretty well, thanks to all the earlier precipitation.

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    1. rivertoprambles,
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      I can tell from some of your posts Walt. Thanks for the underground natural tanks.

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