Middle Creek, Monroe County, 8-17-13

[Millsertime]

I went door knocking yesterday to finally fish Class A Middle Creek. 1st door, I was greeted by an accommodating nice widow that liked to talk about fishing although she was unaware that there were any trout in her backyard. PFBC Class A list shows Middle Creek as wild brown trout but I caught several brookies as well. The water temp was mid 60's and cooler in the shade and cut banks where the fish were holding. There was some insect activity and I saw a couple of brookies fly out of the water chasing emergers. Fly of choice was anything I didn't care that would be lost in overhanging brush. I fished mid to late day.

 

[afishinado]

Very nice pics.

In the third pic, what is the red thing below the damselfly?

 

[wgmiller]

The adipose fin of a 24" trout!

 

[afishinado]

wgmiller wrote:
The adipose fin of a 24" trout!

:-o

 

[Millsertime]

afishinado wrote:.

In the third pic, what is the red thing below the damselfly?

Good question. A leaf that turned color early perhaps.

 

[BelAirSteve]

Looks like a frog or a salamander to me - zoom in and you can see the eyes.

 

[JackM]

Where's waldo? Oh, there he is, in my hallucination. The picture is of his fly. Nothing else to see here.

 

[pro4mance]

Maybe a passed kidney stone fly

 

[boychick]

So nice to hear about kind land owners granting permission to fish. Beautiful creek too.