Friday, April 21, 2017

The Golden Badger and Some Very Good Works

This is probably the smallest stream I've ever fished for brook trout. When I gazed into it yesterday I could not believe what I saw. Man it was full of mini-brookies, they were scattering every where. I dropped a fly in that stream in various places and I had a awesome response. I'll finish telling you about it in a future post.



Last week I had a spectacular day of fishing, and what made it so special aside from where I fished and the trout I caught was the fact that I only fished one fly. That fly was a "Golden Badger" emerger. It's a fly with few materials and pretty easy to tie.....Recipe is..Tail, lemon wood duck...Body, brown thread lightly dubbed with ginger squirrel, and golden badger hackle.


The Golden Badger is similar to the "Lackie Special" it to is an emerger and has been a very good producer of late.


Peaceful Places, pretty much sums it up. The latest newsletter from "The Franklin Land Trust" has a great article on the on going restoration-enhancement of there Crowningshield Conserved Property. The west branch of the North River flows through this pristine piece of the northeast. It has wild brook trout and I can tell you that they are worth the effort it takes to be able to fish for them. The FLT is doing great work here, and you can read about it here, or you can contact them at Franklin Land Trust.org take a few minutes and drop them a line or two and tell them what good work they are doing and how much it means to like minded people like us. They will appreciate it.










10 comments:

  1. I know that tiny little stream. Crazy how many fish go up there!

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    1. RM Lytle
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      Rowan when I saw the amount of fish in there I thought I was dreaming. I even caught one.

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  2. Sounds like good fishing of late BrkTrt! Ill have to tie some of those up - it's a new one to me, but I can see how well it would work, and with your seal of approval... well... It's got to be good!

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    1. Hibernation
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      Will fishing small streams has been hot. Brookies seemed to have fared well. Those two flies have been working well for me.

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  3. Those of us that have been around the block a time or two would like to think we can't be surprised at anything we see. Then up pops something like this. Life is amazing.

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    1. Howard Levett
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      Howard amazing it is. Every day a new beginning and lots of surprises.

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  4. Alan
    Amazing the number of brook trout in that tiny stream; suggestion fish it with a 2 wt. Looking forward to your report--thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell
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      Bill they move in there from another larger stream. I'm sure they will move back into it soon.
      A 2wt is the piece to use.

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  5. That Lackie Special is a beautiful fly.

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    1. Ralph Long
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      Ralph it has a nice history behind it also.
      Worked pretty good the other day.

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