Opening Day, And "Earth Day"

Yesterday was the opening day of the inland fishing season. And although Connecticut has a year round trout fishery in their Trout Management Areas the general season is still the third Saturday in April. 

I met up with Kirk at a small wild trout stream at about 7 AM. The weather was cloudy and a bit muggy, good for fishing. As we arrived stream side the water was awesome, and although it was a bit low the flow was very good and the water temps read 56 degrees. We started fishing and it wasn't to long before we had a wild brookie at hand. These fish were very scrappy and beautifully colored. They were not to fussy as to what was on the menu and an assortment of flies worked. As the sun broke out the air temps shot up as well as shining brightly on the stream. At that time the fish took to cover as well as changing preference to wet submerged flies. As the afternoon came we worked our way back to our vehicles, stopping every so often to remove some nasty debris. It was a great start to the new season.

Kirk stalking some wild brookies. His comment was they appear from no where to hit your fly, and if they miss they vanish.

The most beautiful fish that swims. When the color scheme was created for the brook trout they went all out.

Prime brook trout waters.

We consider it a privilege to hold these wild jewels.

Today is Earth Day, and early this morning Jeanette and I took our morning walk. As we walked through a park close by we were greeted by a family of geese. The goslings ever so small an full of downy feathers were a nice sight. And with some much needed rain in the forecast it should be a great day.

CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE