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BrkTrt
06-06-2010, 03:03 PM
Two thing that have never happened to me in all the years of fishing happened to me this weekend.

I have been fishing this stream early mornings now for a week or so.
The stream was dark when I arrived and I tossed out a Bomber and was soon into a fine brown. After his release I moved to a slow moving pool. There are several root clusters that go down into the water. Slightly below there were fish rising, perhaps taking ants. While figuring how I was going to present my fly along the roots, and below I noticed movement on the roots.
I continued to look at the area of movement to try and determine what it was. And I did, it was a mouse. Suddenly he jumps into the stream and starts to swim for the other side. The pool exploded and something had that mouse. He struggled for a few moments and managed to free himself and swim to the other side. I stood there a few minutes and trie to figure out what whacked that mouse. I proceded to drift that Bomber through the pool and on the third drift a brown hit, although I don't think he was the fish that tried to take the mouse.




http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6025.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/rotbrm.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6042.jpg

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This is the root cluster that the mouse jumped from



http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6035.jpg




This is the brown that hit the Bomber just past the roots.





http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6021.jpg




The second first. Thinking to myself if there is a fish in this stream big enough to eat a mouse, why not fish a streamer.
I did just that and soon brought to hand this,




http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6046.jpg


I have never taken a bluegill on a streamer.





Brk Trt

greyfox
06-06-2010, 06:42 PM
Good story thanks for the post, I have often heard of guys taking huge Browns on mouse patterns in small streams,time to start tying mouse patterns :)

Apache Trout
06-06-2010, 11:41 PM
Those are some nice browns!
We need to investigate some more streams. I've got some ideas. Time to get out the topo map. ;)
A.T.

garethl
06-07-2010, 04:47 AM
Great photos :cool: There's something magical about being on a stream that early in the morning. Very very cool!

G

Satoshi
06-07-2010, 07:34 AM
Wow! those are nice browns, Brk Trt.
Why don't you try a mouse pattern under the tree root and tell us what happens?

BrkTrt
06-07-2010, 07:42 AM
Wow! those are nice browns, Brk Trt.
Why don't you try a mouse pattern under the tree root and tell us what happens?


Satoshi,

I may do that, for I'm curious as to what that fish was.


Brk Trt

soupmix
06-07-2010, 02:41 PM
I love it! A bluegill. I did a little research on a new-to-me stream once and decided to give it a try. It is a "blue ribbon" trout stream in Michigan. The first cast I caught a bluegill. I thought to myself, “apparently I did not do enough research!”

On a different occasion, I was fishing an excellent trout stream that had a small warm creek flowing into it. There was a small pool where it met the larger trout stream. I put a cast on it and was rewarded with a six in large mouth bass! :shock:

Wallyran
06-07-2010, 06:23 PM
Nothing better than a true surprise, particularly on familiar water. I hope you take Satoshi's suggestion....and that something unexpected happens when you do.

Enjoy!

Mostyn
06-11-2010, 01:54 AM
Wakey Wakey, Rise and Shine! I bet it was great to watch the Dawn Breaking! And the fish obliged before breakfast!

Nice photos, especially as they're taken without much light!

Brilliant

Mostyn