Monday, August 17, 2020

An hour or so, a spider, some rain and a brookie.

Sunday was a relief day from the previous weeks heat. The skies were gray and the air temp was below 70 something that has been rare in these parts. The weather was for rain and that came soon, as a matter of fact it started as I neared the stream. I'm getting ahead of myself a bit. The fly you see pictured was the fly I had planned on using that day. Story behind it. I had tied some Rangeley streamers the days before and I had several beautiful feathers from the Jungle Cock cape. They are gray to black with white tips. So I put together the simple spider pattern you see. Then while walking along the stream I noticed something that made me change my mind as to the fly I should use.


A light rain, a moving stream...perfect.


Goldenrod hanging in the water. The fly was changed to a Yellow Winged Bomber...


I wish I had more time to fish. But my efforts were rewarded by this magnificent wild creature. I was happy to go home with the thoughts of a wonderful couple of hours on a rainy morning.







8 comments:

  1. Alan
    What a colorful brook trout; keep fishing as long as there is no lighting! Impressed with the fly selection--thanks for sharing

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    1. Bill Trussell
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      Bill the soft rain is so relaxing. As far as flies go even on a small stream the necessity to change a few is a must.

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  2. on rainy days it is very good to fish, beautiful that bruky

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    1. Armando Milosevic
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      Armando the rain will at times hide the mistakes of the angler.

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  3. G'Day Alan,
    That overgrown little creek looks much like the Badger that I just took a walk along for some exercise. No fly rod in hand as the streams are closed and fishing is on the list of activities we aren't allowed to do anyway due to COVID19 restrictions. Lovely looking brookie jewel in your hand. Can you gauge age by size or could a well fed 2 year old be bigger than an older one living in a a stream with leaner pickings? Thanks for taking us along with you. It's probably keeping many of us reasonably sane--reasonably!
    Kindest Regards and stay well,
    Steve.

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    1. Steve
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      Steve hopefully we will have Covid in check and be able to resume to normal.
      These fish are older then their size. The stream is bountiful at times and they take advantage of it. This stream has a great deal of dace which are a small minnow, I think they are a big part of the brookies diet.

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  4. We're finally seeing a little rain this morning, although I'm afraid it's too little too late. I like the yellow wing on the bomber, so much easier to see. The spider is beautiful and reminds us all that a pattern doesn't need to be tied with everything under the sun to work.

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    1. mike
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      Mike I saw that parts of Maine were getting a lot of rain.
      Last night parts of CT were deluged. I fished a stream today that was really high and off color. A yellow winged fly would have been the ticket, but a green body caddis got the call.

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