Tuesday, February 3, 2015

"Thunderstorms"

Partly cloudy with the chance of isolated thunder showers. Crazy, you bet. I fish lots of streams with populations of brook trout. Many of them also hold the brown trout and they do coexist without to much conflict. This is a post about one such stream.

I fished here over the course of a week or so.and brookies were the fish I targeted. Well that's not what I hooked. The Trillium was in bloom and I was really absorbed in its beauty. It seemed to me that this flower is one that enjoys the solitude, for it's always by itself. When I spot these flowers in spring I know the fishing will be alright, and this was the case these days. The brown trout and not the brookie would dominate, and I was thrilled by their spunk and aggressiveness. They seemed to enjoy all offerings from streamers to dry flies.


Like brook trout brown trout offer a wide variety in color and spots, some with bold black spots and some with spots more like a leopard. Some have a silvery coat, while others one more like melted butter. The one thing they all possess is being able to detect you presence.


Incredible markings on the wild brown trout. From red laced adipose fins and red lined tails, to gold pectoral fins.


Think like it was a day in May...........


Strong rugged fish, a trout not afraid to dine on the surface.


As the sun appears after a brief shower, one knows the trout will be rising. As the dainty little flies appear, in shades of cream and pink. Their dance will be noticed.


Soon my friends.










20 comments:

  1. thanks for the green scenes today!

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    1. TexWisGirl,
      Thanks.
      Theresa I thought it would be refreshing.

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  2. The colors of those trout are beautiful my man, you are definitely luring me to have ago over on this side of the pond my man.

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  3. The colors of those trout are beautiful my man, you are definitely luring me to have ago over on this side of the pond my man.

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  4. The colors of those trout are beautiful my man, you are definitely luring me to have ago over on this side of the pond my man.

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    1. John Wooldridge,
      Thanks.
      I'm telling you John it will do you a world of good.

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  5. I just love those warm wet days, and especially on a thin blue line with all that lush green as your pictures show. Fishing in the middle of a forest during a storm is a bit less crazy than swinging a ten footer from a kayak in the LIS during one!

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    1. RM Lytle,
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      It looks good when we compare it to the tough winter so far.
      T-storms can be beautiful and scary.

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  6. Soon I hope Brk Trt, but we have a lot of snow cover on the ground that hopefully will keep those streams full of cold water!!

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    1. TROUTI,
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      Pete that's one of the blessings of this snowy winter.

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  7. Great posts recently. This blast from the past/future is especially enjoyable.

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    1. Jim Yaussy Albright,
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      A look at the past to put ones mind to the future.

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  8. That last one is definitely making eye contact with you Brk Trt..perhaps a challenge for another time?

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    1. penbayman,
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      Mike I think I may have caught him another time.

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  9. Alan
    The colors on stock trout can't compare to the burst of colors displayed on native stream trout. Thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell,
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      You are so right Bill. Purity in wild fish bring out the best.

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  10. Every post you make, makes me want to sing Almost Heaven.

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    1. Howard Levett,
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      West Virginia.....never been there but I have been in the Blue Ridge Mts.

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  11. I really enjoyed the pics with some actual green foilage in them , been too long since I've seen that. Definitely a welcome respite on this cold , snowy February day.
    The sooner the better....

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    1. HighPlainsFlyFisher,
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      Jeff we just brought Parker home this morning and we stopped at a small stream and the ice cover was incredible, not to mention the thigh deep snow.

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