09-11-2007, 01:17 AM
Well I made it back. I drove in Friday night, and camped right near the road that forks up to Echo. That road is still a bastige to drive (very rocky). However, I think the difficult access helps keep the number of visitors down.
Brookieguy1, you couldn't have been more dead on about the maribou jigs. I've never used them before, and it was a blast. I should have bought more of them, because I fished them until they came unraveled. I didn't catch anything over 12 inches, but man I caught a lot of brookies.
There was a stream that literally ran right through my camp, so when I wasn't at one of the lakes I just walked up this little stream and slayed 'em. Whoever said that Brook Trout are ambush artists was also dead on. I would just drop the jig in a little pool and bouce it around a couple times, and those fish would come out from under their cover and nail it! I missed a ton of them though. It's kinda hard to set a hook on a five inch fish in a foot of water. What a good time though.
Thanks again everyone for the tips. Hopefully I can return the favor some day. I have some pics. What is the best way to post them?
BTW, in case anyone cares, all fish were released to play another day![cool]
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Brookieguy1, you couldn't have been more dead on about the maribou jigs. I've never used them before, and it was a blast. I should have bought more of them, because I fished them until they came unraveled. I didn't catch anything over 12 inches, but man I caught a lot of brookies.
There was a stream that literally ran right through my camp, so when I wasn't at one of the lakes I just walked up this little stream and slayed 'em. Whoever said that Brook Trout are ambush artists was also dead on. I would just drop the jig in a little pool and bouce it around a couple times, and those fish would come out from under their cover and nail it! I missed a ton of them though. It's kinda hard to set a hook on a five inch fish in a foot of water. What a good time though.
Thanks again everyone for the tips. Hopefully I can return the favor some day. I have some pics. What is the best way to post them?
BTW, in case anyone cares, all fish were released to play another day![cool]
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