show your pictures of your favorite water

[Doctor]

A wee clip from the Kennet in Berkshire England , running a bit cloudy with snow melt , unusual for us .
Not had a winter like this for a fair few years !

[troutrageous1]

drove by one of them today at lunch and stopped on a small bridge to take some quick pics. blackberry pictures are not superb, but I love the way it's framed with the snow.

[Brett]

Ah good ole Valley Creek! Just fished it on Sunday

[Pentalux]

[garethl]

Here is a pic of my favorite stream

Casting a glance back over these photos, I've just realised that the above photo looks like a mirror image of one of my favourite runs on my home stream here in South Wales, UK. Terry's photo nails it, even down to the over-hanging branch in the foreground!

What beautiful places we fish :)

[Chalkstream]

Hi guys, thought you might like some pics of my local small chalkstream, Hampshire's beautiful River Meon, home to some of the spookiest little Brown Trout you'll find anywhere.













I'll post some pics of some beautiful Brownies and Grayling when I find the right part of the board!

Thanks for looking

Ben

[garethl]

Looks awesome Ben! :D To be honest, I always used to think that chalkstreams were always a little over-rated, but since fishing a couple back in August last year, my way of thinking is now quite the opposite!

Stunning photos, and I bet they hold some beautiful fish :)

[Fly Chef]

Those pics look just like my home waters of Black Earth Creek outside Madison, WI. Love that creek, more fish per mile than any other stream in the midwest. Incredibly fertile.

BTW, "chalkstream"? Is that what we call spring creeks here in the colonies?

[Chalkstream]

Garethl, thanks - remember you from flyforums (I'm Bumps there - thought better of that tag on a US forum ;) :D ). I know what you mean about chalkstreams - think of the River Test and you might as well be fishing a stillwater in many cases. The River Meon (all the pics are of the Meon on 2 different beats) is however a different beast! You're right - lots of lovely fish but spooky as hell - very challenging. And you get some massive seatrout (for that river anyway - 18 inches) at spawning time . Obviously I leave them alone but I often go down just to watch them on the redds - stunning. Seem to remember you posted some pics of some stunning brooks you fish?

Fly Chef, if I understand it right, you call a spring creek a small stream fed by a natural spring? Dunno about the strict definition in the US :oops: but a chalkstream is sort of like that (most are fed by springs) but the key is that they run over a bedrock (if you can call it rock) of chalk. This means that the river level is mainly fed by groundwater; when the ground is saturated the rivers are higher, and they do not rise appreciably straight after rainfall as happens with freestone or spate rivers. Makes for relatively stable fishing conditions. We have no natural lakes or reservoirs here as all the water is naturally in the ground. Mid-size (for the UK) rivers like the Itchen and Test are chalkstreams by definition too, so the term doesn't only refer to small streams and brooks. Hope that helps - what is he correct definition of a spring creek in US terms - was I on the money?

BTW - San Diego - great place! Spent a couple of happy weeks there a few years back. Just the best climate.

Thanks for looking - loving this forum!

Ben

[kurt76]

Some awesome pics in this tread! ^^Ben your very lucky , the Meon looks a very idyllic place. :)

Not sure if i have an absolute favourite stream but heres a couple of one that holds that certain special charm for me.






Kurt.