SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL

Fished another little creek and picked up some more beautiful cutthroat.

I like to hike inot this stream for the day. It has about three to four miles of fishable water. I will usually pack in some tin-foil and make a small fire and cook two of these trout for lunch.

I usually only make one or two trips in during the summer. I think I'll go in and try it this fall too.

CUTTHROAT FROM SMALL STREAM

HOPPER EATING CUTTHROAT

SMALL STREAM CUTTHROAT

Most of the cutts were about this size. Fun to catch on hoppers. The hoppers were jumping through the long meadow grasses as seen in the background.

CUTT FROM GRASSY RUN

This cutt was taken from the grassy run in the background. This was the smaller of two trout sitting in water that was ankle deep. This was a section of overflow from a beaver dam. These trout may have wondered up this offshoot during the spawn and a little higher water.

BROWN TROUT

This brown was taken in the small shallow water in the background. The width of the water was no bigger than a sidewalk. I could see the trout holding in the current. I stood back about ten feet and landed my leader and hopper just over the grass. Without hesitation the brown rushed up and inhaled the hopper. Great fun!

Small Creek and Skittish Trout. Just the Way I Like it!

This is the creek I fished to complete my assignment to fish the smallest possible creek and catch some fish. I could literally step over it in some places. There were also overflows from beaver dams that had water in them, as one of the pictures will show. I'm sure the beaver use them as travelways to and from the trees. I caught a cutthroat in one of them too.

Overall, I had a great time on this little water and was fishing by sound and feel in some of the corner pools and undercut banks. I'll try to post more on the adventure when I get time.