PatrickC
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Hit a favorite PA wild brown trout stream yesterday. It had rained for several hours and was raining pretty hard when I got there. I was surprised how low the creek was for this time of year. I drove a long distance to get there, so I figured I'd at least take a walk and see what the rest of the creek looked like.
The rain continued and after another hour or 2 of pounding rain the waters began to rise and the creek was staining up nicely. The water temp was reading 58-60F everywhere I checked it. So, I tied on my trusty #8 olive BH woolly bugger and started making a few casts.
Within no time I was brining in the typical 10-12" wild browns this creek has to offer. I was casting a pool I have never caught anything out of when something huge exploded as soon as the bugger hit the water. My little 3wt was bent and the CFO was singing. After a brief tussle I netted a gorgeous 18" wild brown.
I was completely beside myself. I had caught some 13-14" browns in this creek before, but it's not a fertile stream. I didn't figure there were any really big fish around.
I lit up my victory stogie and walked on up stream. I didn't figure the day could get much better. As I approached another pool I had never caught any fish in previously, memories of the last pool were swirling through my head. I sent my bugger sailing to the bubbling riffle at the top of the pool and another big explosion happens. The CFO was screaming again. I'm in complete disbelief at this point. I worked the fish to the back of the pool and netted a 17" fat toad wild brown.
Surreal, is all I have to say about yesterday. Huge fish on a tiny creek. You just can't beat it!
The rain continued and after another hour or 2 of pounding rain the waters began to rise and the creek was staining up nicely. The water temp was reading 58-60F everywhere I checked it. So, I tied on my trusty #8 olive BH woolly bugger and started making a few casts.
Within no time I was brining in the typical 10-12" wild browns this creek has to offer. I was casting a pool I have never caught anything out of when something huge exploded as soon as the bugger hit the water. My little 3wt was bent and the CFO was singing. After a brief tussle I netted a gorgeous 18" wild brown.
I was completely beside myself. I had caught some 13-14" browns in this creek before, but it's not a fertile stream. I didn't figure there were any really big fish around.
I lit up my victory stogie and walked on up stream. I didn't figure the day could get much better. As I approached another pool I had never caught any fish in previously, memories of the last pool were swirling through my head. I sent my bugger sailing to the bubbling riffle at the top of the pool and another big explosion happens. The CFO was screaming again. I'm in complete disbelief at this point. I worked the fish to the back of the pool and netted a 17" fat toad wild brown.
Surreal, is all I have to say about yesterday. Huge fish on a tiny creek. You just can't beat it!