Just some SEPA small stream beauties from Thurs

[Nymph-wristed]

Still no significant rain in SEPA, but even a little helps. I caught stocker bows 10 to 1 over browns at times, including doubles. They were so ravenous from lack of PowerBait snacks in the low water conditions keeping folks off the creeks?? I did catch a mess of browns, too, including some solid small stream fish. Caddis, mostly bigger tan, but also smaller dark ones in the beard, so likely in the water column too 😉

Most fish ate the dropper tag in riffles and pocket water early in the morning or a larva or pupa on the fall, so it was high alert, fast reaction action. A lot of fun, despite 100 rainbows that need to get eaten.... The bottom photo was from a collage so two pics of the last fish.

 

[rustbeltwilds]

Great lookin jam in the last pic

 

[Streammagic237]

Great pictures !

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Great lookin jam in the last pic

It does not always work out this way, as I sure you've experienced, but the big male was deep in that stuff. I had to approach from above, let them sink and swing, and hope for the best 👍

 

[JeffP]

Great lookin jam in the last pic

Nice woody debris!

 

[wildtrout2]

Great lookin jam in the last pic

LWD matters. 😉

 

[Nymph-wristed]

LWD matters. 😉

I am sure this one was au naturel 😉

 

[rustbeltwilds]

Wood is good !!!

 

[AndyP]

Appreciate and look forward to your posts. You always are catching some good looking fish !

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Appreciate and look forward to your posts. You always are catching some good looking fish !

Thanks, Andy!

 

[RH1]

Beautiful fish and Beautiful pictures!

 

[tjsingle]

Good looking water/trout! That log jam looks like it would be a good spot for a streamer when the water is up

 

[Nymph-wristed]

Good looking water/trout! That log jam looks like it would be a good spot for a streamer when the water is up

👍 It is tight back there in spots, so I have had good jigged streamer bites fishing upstream, not many days chunkin and a strippin....