Ernest
06-13-2011, 05:53 AM
I'm one of the old timers here. I read everything on the site, but I haven't been posting much lately. I'm still alive and well in the Upper Midwest.
Took a half day on Friday and drove out to one of my old streams. It's a medium sized trout stream with a rock and cobble bottom and classic riffles, runs, and pools. It was a solid overcast day, and this stream is best under the clouds. I fished a small streamer, and caught about ten browns to eleven inches long in the faster riffles.
I drove upstream to fish just one pool. The state bought the land and removed the house. The renters who lived there last, and pulled the trout out of the pool on nightcrawlers, are gone. The pool is 100 yards from the driveway. From the tail of the pool I cast toward the alders hanging over the right bank, and caught a sixteen inch brown. Five minutes later I caught a nineteen incher. Good work on the little cane rod. Good half day on the old stream.
Yesterday Al came out from town and we fished two small streams. Both of them run through the woods, both are lightly fished. The first was a miniature of the Friday stream, and held little brookies. We caught them. The second stream, two miles away, was slower, with a sandy bottom and a lot of wood in the water. It was six to eight feet wide. Al went down into the trees, and I fished an old beaver meadow, finishing with five nice browns. I saw a big one, and while this will never be one of my all time favorite streams, I'll go back when I have a few hours to spare.
Took a half day on Friday and drove out to one of my old streams. It's a medium sized trout stream with a rock and cobble bottom and classic riffles, runs, and pools. It was a solid overcast day, and this stream is best under the clouds. I fished a small streamer, and caught about ten browns to eleven inches long in the faster riffles.
I drove upstream to fish just one pool. The state bought the land and removed the house. The renters who lived there last, and pulled the trout out of the pool on nightcrawlers, are gone. The pool is 100 yards from the driveway. From the tail of the pool I cast toward the alders hanging over the right bank, and caught a sixteen inch brown. Five minutes later I caught a nineteen incher. Good work on the little cane rod. Good half day on the old stream.
Yesterday Al came out from town and we fished two small streams. Both of them run through the woods, both are lightly fished. The first was a miniature of the Friday stream, and held little brookies. We caught them. The second stream, two miles away, was slower, with a sandy bottom and a lot of wood in the water. It was six to eight feet wide. Al went down into the trees, and I fished an old beaver meadow, finishing with five nice browns. I saw a big one, and while this will never be one of my all time favorite streams, I'll go back when I have a few hours to spare.