New England Mountain Stream

**Apache Trout** · 04-21-2010, 10:17 PM

Fished a beautiful New England mountain stream on Sunday.
Had many hard hits during the day fishing wet flies & streamers.
Got one brookie to my feet and managed one to hand.
The one that came to hand was on a streamer I tied and named "Officer Max" after my late father who was a police officer and the first person to take me fishing.
Fished nearly the entire day and covered a lot of water.
Hope you enjoy the trip....

When I arrived I was greeted by Tom.

The steep terrain made for some technical fishing and careful wading.

Beauty along the trail.

A nice deep pool.

Staircase.

Feeder brook held some nice water.

Confluence of brook and river.

The fallen tree looked fishy.

So I tied on "Officer Max".....

...and this little jewel came to hand. Thanks dad.

**BrkTrt** · 04-22-2010, 03:42 AM

AT,

It sure looks like your trip was a success in many ways.

Beauty along the stream and from within the stream.

Thanks AT, and "Officer Max"

Brk Trt

**Mostyn** · 04-22-2010, 12:13 PM

Just great, wooded wild and wonderful!

**Wallyran** · 04-23-2010, 07:02 AM

Very nice water. Cool fly and a beautiful fish!

**adam** · 04-23-2010, 07:16 AM

Man I am all over that.

I enjoyed the image of the fly and the one following it homed.

**Brett** · 04-23-2010, 09:55 AM

Thats some sweet looking water you got there!

**troutrageous1** · 04-23-2010, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Apache Trout

Staircase.

Sitting in my cubicle, I'm dying to hit those steps.

**ofuros** · 04-23-2010, 11:44 PM

Yep...Did enjoy the photo trip.
After looking at your pics, had a sudden overwelming urge pay homage
to my local stream, which looks very simular
too yours.
The urban grind spell is well & truly broken,
I'll try & get away this coming weekend.
Cheers.

**Satoshi** · 04-25-2010, 08:35 AM

Thank you for sharing your esperience.
The streamer looks very unique.
I like the first photo very much. Because we don't have the turkey in our country, it's almost unbelievable such strange looking, large flightless birds are running around in mountains.

**Ernest** · 04-25-2010, 09:03 AM

Satoshi,
The wild turkey is not flightless, but is actually a strong flier. There are several strains of wild turkey in North America. In the Upper Midwest the birds were hunted out of existence, and then about 30 years ago they were reintroduced. They have been very successful in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and hunters shoot birds of 18-25 pounds regularly.
We have so many of them now that they can be a nuisance. They can be a danger on the road. In my neighborhood a woman took one through her windshield. The bird passed through the car between the driver and passenger and died in the back seat. Later in the year the hens and their growing broods will band up. Last summer we had about thirty of them in our front yard at one time. Some of the farmers complain about turkeys eating their crops.
They are very interesting birds, but in numbers they are a mixed blessing.