09-30-2010, 07:39 PM
I fished one of the smallest and bushiest streams I have ever tried. This stream runs down a bit of a drop so it is mostly little bits of pocket water, but what a blast.
My technique must have been hilarious to watch. It was so close in that half the time I was fishing by either kneeling or sitting in the middle of this creek. It was a challenge to figure out how to approach each little hole.
I was using my 7 1/2 ft 3wt rod and it was just about impossible to do a regular cast anywhere. I was getting a bit frustrated until I decided to take my furled leader off. (BTW it was a very nice furled leader from FlyGoddess. Many thanks to her as I love it)
I ended up attaching about 3 ft of tippet straight to the flyline. That allowed me to have enough flyline out so that I could flip my line up stream, or even rollcast in the tight space, and still keep my rod down low. I am sure that I line spooked a lot of fish, but this stream still surprised me with 3 and 4 fish out of most of the pockets. The fish were mostly cutthroats and ranged in size from about 8 to 13 inches.
This little pocket -- the dark area in front of the boulders on the left gave me two good fish of 11 and 13 inches.
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It was shady and dim so a lot of my pictures came out blurred and not so hot, but I will include some of the fish here. Just wish I had more of the creek itself as it was a beautiful, clear, bubbly little stream.
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My technique must have been hilarious to watch. It was so close in that half the time I was fishing by either kneeling or sitting in the middle of this creek. It was a challenge to figure out how to approach each little hole.
I was using my 7 1/2 ft 3wt rod and it was just about impossible to do a regular cast anywhere. I was getting a bit frustrated until I decided to take my furled leader off. (BTW it was a very nice furled leader from FlyGoddess. Many thanks to her as I love it)
I ended up attaching about 3 ft of tippet straight to the flyline. That allowed me to have enough flyline out so that I could flip my line up stream, or even rollcast in the tight space, and still keep my rod down low. I am sure that I line spooked a lot of fish, but this stream still surprised me with 3 and 4 fish out of most of the pockets. The fish were mostly cutthroats and ranged in size from about 8 to 13 inches.
This little pocket -- the dark area in front of the boulders on the left gave me two good fish of 11 and 13 inches.
[inline SmallStream4.jpg]
It was shady and dim so a lot of my pictures came out blurred and not so hot, but I will include some of the fish here. Just wish I had more of the creek itself as it was a beautiful, clear, bubbly little stream.
[inline SmallStream1.jpg]
[inline SmallStream3.jpg]
[inline SmallStream5.jpg]
[inline SmallStream2.jpg]
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