Saturday, July 1, 2017

Good Coffee....Plus

Well folks here it is July 1st, wow that was fast. I know all of you know that a mere six months from now and we will be in the Christmas season....Focus Alan.

My last outing proved to be an interesting one. The stream selected is one I'm familiar with and it has proven to be a survivor of the last few years of not so friendly weather conditions. One of the first sights to grace my eyes were these beautiful flowers. I don't know what they are or if they may be wild but I do know they will put you in a very good frame of mind after casting your eyes upon them.


When ever I fish this stream I make it a point to stop at this country store for a cup of a most wonderful cup of coffee. "Hadlyme Blend"...I drink my coffee black so I can get the true flavor of the coffee. This blend is bold but smooth and scratches the itch that good coffee should do. Flowers and coffee , good mood, and ready to take on some brook trout.


Lovely looking piece of water, back to that in a few.
Until I reached this section of stream I had not brought a trout to hand. I believe I was 0 for 7. In that streak I had 2 solid hook-ups and the rest were strikes. I had been fishing a variety of flies and most of the action came from dry flies. In this run just beyond the lovely underwater greenery is a deep hole. As the fly drifted I saw a fish move, but no take. Again and again I cast and no interest was shown. I continued to fish the run casting to all sections from top to tail.



As I was reeling in the slack line, at a rapid rate, that this gorgeous brookie struck the fast moving fly. Moments later he was at hand. They are all brook trout but they are all different.
I like to believe there were several more brookies in this run but they never showed themselves.


But this guy did. This is the second bass I caught in this stream this year. The other one was the same size and for that matter it may very well be the same one.








20 comments:

  1. Beautiful brook trout, Alan. I wonder how that little bass got in there?

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    1. Parachute Adams
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      Sam there is a beaver pond, and a good size one at that on the other side of the road. I think they get pushed over the dam in times of high water.

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  2. Beautiful flowers to compliment the brook trout!! Sometimes you have to change tactics to entice those fish to hit.

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    1. TROUT1
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      Pete I fished the family secret. There were some very interesting hook-ups.

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  3. Alan
    I would imagine that are more native bass in those streams you fish. Have you ever landed sunfish in some of the streams? Beautiful stretch of water in this area--thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell
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      Bil this is only the second one I've caught, I also caught a red fin pickerel in there too, but no sunfish. That stream is a pleasure to fish, once you in the water.

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  4. Wow Alan, funky to see bass in a stream like that. It must flow into a warm water environment fairly close by huh? Funky to find bass in the same area as wild brookies!

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    1. Hibernation
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      Will there is a beaver pond just across the road, I think that's where they originate from in times of high water. That bass was right on that brookies tail I'll bet.

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  5. Hi Alan, Do you think the size of your fly had anything to do with attracting that basslet? Have a nice fourth. Its kielbasa time.

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    1. John Dornik
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      John yes I do. He was going to eat that big fly or a brookie.
      Enjoy the 4th, and your kielbasa. Do you grill fresh or smoked kielbasa?

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  6. I remember reading your first go round with Bass in this water and trying to explain or reason how the Bass got there. There is probably not many, I hope, in that most of the fish you catch are the beautiful Brookies. Nothing against Bass, but that stream, is a Brookie Stream!

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    1. The Bluegill Bug
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      Mel that post was not long ago, and just a little further upstream.
      I don't think I have to worry about the bass population taking over, but I have my fingers crossed.

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  7. It's even fun catching those little Bass. A little bass was the first on a fly rod. I was still in my early 20's oh soooo long ago.

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    1. Mark Kautz
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      Mark it's a surprise catching one in a trout stream.
      Aggressive little devil.

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  8. I've never caught a bass in a stream, I don't drink coffee and I've only ever caught a small handful of brookies in my life. Something smells fishy.

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    1. Howard Levett
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      Howard it must be the coffee. They get the water from the trout stream.

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  9. That's a very well colored largemouth, almost a pretty as the char in my eyes.to respond to Bill Trussell's question, we do not have native bass here in CT. They are all introduced, except the striped ones of course.

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    1. RM Lytle
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      Rowan no argument from me on the gorgeous color of the little bass.
      LM are not native as you stated, but like the brown they have been "naturalized"

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  10. Alan, those flowers belong to a pea of some kind, the big ones that is. Tough to say which kind as the foliage is too mixed for my eye. Around the beginning of July on Cape perennial pea bloomed it's bright pink and white flowers, similar in shape to yours but more bold in color. As a disclaimer these are a very distant cousin to the pea's we eat and are usually not edible. The smaller clusters are crown vetch, another distant cousin of both the peas we eat and the peas they're growing next to. All beautiful flowers though...and the fish are too :D

    Justin

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    1. MrFishman80
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      Justin thank you for the ID. I often photograph various flowers but most of them I can't ID.
      Beautiful.

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