The little streams have been holding up well. Last night we had a decent amount of rain so that will bring the levels up. It is at this time of year when water temperatures become important to the wild trout in these streams. The last week I have started to take the temps before I fish and as I move along the stream I'll check a few more times. The streams have been running quite cool, even cold in some of them. Seventy degree water is dangerous and a stream with temps like that should not be fished. For me 66 is the maximum.
This stream really shocked me...man that's cold.
Brookies are colorful fish, but sometimes I catch a few that show and extraordinary blue tint to them. I can't explain why they take on this coloration but when I find one with the blueish tint It makes me feel so good.
A gift from Oregon....got to get some "Frogs Fanny".
That's a pretty trout Alan!
ReplyDeleteAs for the flies... I forget the name of those, but man, they work great. I've caught a lot of trout on smaller sizes on a local tailwater up here (swift) with them in an 18-22. They work sunk as well...
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Will yes you told me of these flies several years ago. The name was something like "they should be outlawed"...So the Farmington should be the place to fish them.
Hey Alan, I used to fish with line that was fine as frog's hair. :-) And I guy I worked for used to say "mighty fine, fine as frog's hair"
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Bill you can't get anything finer then a frogs hair.
Interesting looking flies. Mole fly ingredients but looks like a longer hook and the cdc wing straight up. I like the orange thread. Let’s get a name for these fellas!
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This may answer your question.
https://smallstreamreflections.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-iobo-humpy-simplicity-to-max.html
Interesting blue coloring. When the temp hits 70 in the downcountry lakes, that's it for the year. Time to move upcountry.
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Mark temps are so critical to trout survival....feels like late April here today.
Beautiful brook trout Alan but I am not familiar with the pattern.
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Pat I guess it's been around for awhile. CDC can be difficult to keep dry.
Alan, so glad to see the stream temperature that low. Boy once again we need some rain. Beautiful blue brook trout in that stream. I hope some meaningful rain comes our way soon.
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Sam some parts of CT got a good rainfall Thursday. One stream I visited was really flowing. But we need that kind of rain every week. A bit chilly this morning, 47 on the deck now.
Blue. Sometimes our local brown trout get a blue sheen round their cheeks. And that water was cold.
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I've noticed that same blueish tint here on some browns. Perhaps the cold water has something to do with that.
Alan
ReplyDeleteJust wondering if there are springs near by to get that kind of stream temp? Beautiful brook trout--thanks for sharing
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Bill there are spring seeps along the bottom of the stream which provide cold water.
An ice blue. Pretty little fish and stream!
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They were icy looking. It's one of my favorite streams.