Mud Run - Carbon County - 8-15-19

[Out4Trout]

I am so fortunate to live in such a beautiful area. As most of you know, I have access to a private section of Mud Run and while I try not to over fish it because it is so fragile, I always enjoy time spent out fishing this section.

Got out this morning for some much needed therapy and managed to get a few in only a quick 45 minute trip before it started to rain.Water was a little low, very clear and cold and I could see most fish hit my fly, well green weenie as I know some of you don't consider that a fly : )

Since I knew the water would be low, I tied a few weenies on a dry fly hook and still used a bead hoping they would not sink to fast as some of the water has a lot of moss right now and I hate getting all caught up in that crap. Seemed to work well as I only lost one fly and that was due to a rodo bush.

Hope you enjoy the pix as much as I enjoyed fishing here and taking them.

Tight Lines !!

 

[beeber2]

Nice pics, thx!

 

[Millsertime]

Looks good!

Figured you mostly caught brooks there. Interesting to see some wild browns mixed in.

 

[BradFromPotter]

The colors on the fish are beautiful! You mention that this stream is "so fragile"...what does that mean? The fish look quite healthy. Just curious.

 

[JimKennedy]

It was my dad's go-to stream when he was a kid in the 1940s. It was good then and I'm happy to see it is still a go-to stream for those who prefer wild trout (real trout, if I dare). Beautiful report.

 

[Out4Trout]

Brad, by fragile I mean it would not handle a lot of pressure to well and so I dont frequent it as much as to not over use the precious resource.

 

[BradFromPotter]

Out4Trout wrote:
Brad, by fragile I mean it would not handle a lot of pressure to well and so I dont frequent it as much as to not over use the precious resource.

Makes sense, thanks.

 

[wildtrout2]

Looks like you had a great time on the stream. Beautiful colors on those trout!
As far as the Green Weenie goes, I use them a Lot in the summer. To me, it's as natural a fly as you could use during the summer months. I see green (almost same color) inch worms hanging and dropping from the rhodos all the time.
Weenies are good because you can fish them with no weight, and you can see them well, even in tannic water.

 

[JohnPowers]

I lost track. It was on and off stocking over the years. What’s the status now. What a gem it is.

 

[Out4Trout]

It gets stocked by the delayed harvest area once or twice each spring depending on if the people who help with the stocking want to take the long walk in carrying buckets but thats the only location.

 

[troutbert]

It appears that the trout population is much higher where you are fishing it as compared to the state park section.

Do you agree that is true? And if it is true, what is the cause of that?

 

[Out4Trout]

I dont agree with that, the DH area holds a lot of fish all year long, you just have to know where they hang out :lol:

The fish up where I go are more wild than stocked as it is close to the headwaters. I can also get closer to the headwaters but since it is also in a private community and fed from a few different lakes, it does not seem to hold as many fish. A smaller streams feeds into Mud where I fish it and seems to add even colder water to the equation and that is why I believe it holds better (not necessarily more,but bigger) wild trout than other areas further downstream but again the DH area holds wild and stocked fish most of the year.

I am by no means an expert on fish biology but this is my assessment of the areas I know up here to access Mud.

 

[Mike]

Based on your description alone, it is likely that warm water from the cumulative effects of lake discharges limits the abundance of wild trout in the headwaters, but as the stream cools off in a downstream direction, the wild trout abundance picks up. This is a common scenario, but I don't know that it actually fits in this case.