Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Red Brook Part 2

Time spent walking this path was as enjoyable as hooking a sea-run brook trout. The mornings were especially beautiful, the nights dampness creating those wonderful smells found only in nature. The birds seem more vocal and the wildlife can be quite close to you, sometimes to close as Jeanette found out. While walking she came very close to a bobcat. She was about 12 feet away and face to face when the cat bolted. When left alone nature can rebound in some of the most beautiful ways.

The flora is strikingly beautiful. Small blooms can stand out like stars on a clear dark night. Spring is truly here at Lyman Reserve.




The whole of Red Brook is beautiful, but this spot was a stand out. There were so many variations of water in this small run-pool. The currents caused a very deep hole on both the front and back of the log jam. An eddy developed briefly behind the jam before breaking into a swift smooth run. This is where many of my hookups took place.


A wild brook trout, with some of the most pronounced colors seen in a spring brook trout. He was perfectly shaped and fought with such vigor. The little glass 3wt had all it could handle with this fish.


Can anything be better in this life than to be fishing in such a place in the early morning? Maybe but not many.


These brook trout are accustomed to seeing many types of small baitfish, and will readily take a streamer. Mallard wing as well as marabou streamers worked very well here.


Lunch, not homemade but still very satisfying.




In spring new life abounds, both on land and......


in the stream. This little guy was hovering over a log. Born perhaps several week ago and showing his brook trout markings.


Without a doubt, "a bad hair day"...one of the better streamers of the day.





16 comments:

  1. Lovely!!!! I really liked the picture of the little brook trout fry!

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    1. Mark,
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      Mark I have to get you to this stream.

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  2. beautiful shots! the bobcat would be so cool!

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    1. TexWisGirl,
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      Theresa it was a close encounter that lasted only seconds. Jeanette will never forget it.

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  3. Alan
    The streamer seem to be the main fly for the day, did you try the dry in any of the areas you fished? Beautiful area, thanks for sharing.

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    1. Bill Trussell,
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      Bill streamers are always the main fly here. I have and did on this trip use both dries and soft hackles but they did not respond. Where I fished is the lower reaches of the brook, near the salt water or very close, so insect hatches are not as frequent as they are further upstream. The brook is 4.5 miles long, and I have only fished a mile or so.

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  4. Every picture I see of that stream just makes me want to visit it more.

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    1. RM Lytle,
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      RM, it's a beautiful area. You can fish for brook trout, and take a short walk and fish for stripers and blues.

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  5. Simply beautiful Alan. Looks like maybe the weather has been good for you folks.

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    1. Howard Levett,
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      Howard agreed on your first statement.
      The weather is not bad, but we can use some rain.

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  6. Beautiful river, is amazing as the brook trout of that size can eat as large flies,

    congratulations

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    1. Mario GC,
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      Mario they really attack those streamers no matter what size the fish are.

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  7. I was part of the electroshocking crew on the brook yesterday. We turned up a bunch of herring, but were able to get some salters--plenty of which were yoy, which is a good sign. What a gorgeous place.

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    1. RI brook trout,
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      Were you with TU or Mass Fish and Wildlife? Mass Maritime does some work with the fish there, I've run into them several times. It is a beautiful stream. One of these days I'm going much further upstream.

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    2. Volunteering with Mass Fish and Wildlife...Steve Hurley was the biologist. Not sure if that rings a bell for you, but he's done some great work on salter streams throughout the cape.

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    3. Volunteering with Mass Fish and Wildlife...Steve Hurley was the biologist. Not sure if that rings a bell for you, but he's done some great work on salter streams throughout the cape.

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