Fishing Forum

I only get over to this small stream section once or twice a year. Usually I try to fish it in Oct. For much of the year it is dewatered, eroded, and too warm. It has many problems and for much of the year the fish are stressed, just from the environmental issues they face.

So I am sorry that I can't divulge where this little section of stream is. I hope you all don't mind. I am posting this because I wanted to share the beauty of these native cutts. Out of all the places I fish, I think I admire and respect these fish for thriving in a hard situation. They are survivors!

Each year I have seen fewer fish and fewer year classes. I didn't see any fingerlings at all this year. Many of the trout are longer, but more snaky. Beavers have taken over and most of the runs and pools are now slow water with lots of weeds. This stream really needs a good spring flush.

Fishing any kind of nymph through the bottom slime would be a major challenge. Even my dry flies turned pretty green from being drug through it.

Sorry about the water spots on some. I tried to cut back on the number of pictures, but I have a hard time culling any. And no, not all the fish there are the big ones. They are just the ones I take pictures of! It does kind of give you a one sided slant to the creek though.




























This was the fattest and healthiest. I think it probably took care of all the small fish!







I love the colors and different spotting patterns on the cutts.
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Very pretty fish cpierce! Thanks for taking us along!
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Thanks for sharing a great post .
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Thanks all. I enjoy a little fish porn, so I hope you all do too.

I forgot to mention that I used some kind of parachute adams variation for most of the day.
There were lots of hoppers still out, especially on the sidehills, but the water was pretty cold. In the shaded areas there was ice still on the edges at noon. I did try some hoppers early on, but without much success. They probably would have worked later in the afternoon, but by then the adams were working well enough for me.
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Great post! That looks like a nice place to spend an afternoon. I may need to do some of that myself. The bass fishing has kind of been disappointing this October, so I think some small stream therapy is a better idea the next time I get out.
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