Western Mass small stream

Now that the ultimate frisbee season has finally wound down and I'm no longer coaching I was hoping to get out for my first full day of fishing this year. Unfortunately a cold front moved in and after thunderstorms on Saturday, Sunday turned out to be seriously windy...gusts of 40+ mph. So no fishing for me. But here are some earlier pictures from what's become my go-to stream if I only have a couple hours to fish, since it's only 20 minutes from my house and has a great native brookie population.

Went out in early March when we had some nice weather and saw these bear tracks in the snow that hadn't yet melted...I think they were a day or three old, given the temperatures the couple days before I was out. Usually once a year there's a black bear that wanders into downtown Northampton. They either wander off on their own or get tranqqed and carted off. I followed these tracks around in a couple different directions but they eventually disappeared after 40 or 50 yards.

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Upstream of the bridge where I park.
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One of the residents. This stream has a good population, fish from 2 inches to 9 or 10. Last time I was out I met an older local guy who was fishing with worms. He had 3 good sized fish he kept. Bummer for me, but he grew up down the street and has been fishing the stream for a long time and he said he throws the smaller ones back.
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Downstream from the bridge...about 50 yards below where I took this picture the stream becomes a seriously straight channel until it eventually curves and goes down another straight channel until it gets to the next reservoir.
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Upstream from the bridge again.
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There's also an otter that lives on this stretch of the river. Haven't gotten a picture of 'em yet, he's a quick little bugger.