wild ?
Pete and I switched places and we both landed a pair of browns at the same time. At that point Pete needed to head home so I broke out the Euro nymphing rod and decided to get a little practice in. After a while I started to get the hang of things and picked up a couple browns. One was marked with a green elastomer behind the right eye which was probably a yearling stocked this spring (for more info on the survivor strain see...).
Pete needed to head home early, so I broke out the Euro nymphing rod and decided to get some practice. After a little while I started to get the hang of leading the flies. I managed a couple of wild browns on Rich Strolis' DDT and Rock Candy nymphs. While nymphing off the edge of the one of the fallen tree I tied into a big brook trout. This was the largest brook trout (about 15 inches and hefty) I've ever caught and it looked to be in excellent shape and really made my day. With a brook trout this large, I have no idea if it was wild or stocked but I'll leave that for you to decide.
Brook trout with a Rocky Candy stuck in it's jaw
I finished up the late afternoon swinging the bead head pheasant tail soft hackle and connected with 4 fish but only landing one very beautiful wild brown that had no interest in posing for a picture. I stayed til dark but there wasn't much activity where I was. I did connect with one fish on a spinner but after a pair line stripping runs managed to break the fly off of the 5X tippet.
First farmington hat trick this year, first success Euro nyphming on the Farmington and a personal best brook trout. A very nice afternoon indeed!
First farmington hat trick this year, first success Euro nyphming on the Farmington and a personal best brook trout. A very nice afternoon indeed!