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
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6027.jpg
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
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
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/brookie47/cape/DSCN6027.jpg
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