I Keep Liking It More and More

...that is fishing for native brook trout.  Yeah, they will eat about anything.  However, let's be  honest, all trout will eat about anything.  What makes brook trout so appealing are the difficult locations they inhabit.  Not only are you battling low hanging trees and narrow streams, but you are also trying to drop nymphs into tight pockets on fast flowing high gradient runs. 

Here are a few pictures from a recent trip to my favorite brook trout spot.  I like the first picture best.

Wow! What a Stream.

These are pictures of my first trip to a small stream near my parent's house.  This stream may be my new favorite.  I fished streamers in the rain for a a few hours and caught 9 fish.  If I told you how many I missed then you would really be jealous, or maybe you'd laugh at me.  Oh well.

This fish hit on my very first cast.  How often does that happen?  Caught on a #8 soft hackle wooly bugger.  Thanks Rich Osthoff!

This fish came on one of my next three casts.  Probably the nicest wild brook trout I've ever caught.
















And some more fish...

If I could consistently take fish on small (#8 and smaller) streamers, I would fish them exclusively.  What fun!