I was planning to fish the Smith, but when I called in the morning I found out that they were going to generate all day! I then proceeded to mow the lawn and think about where I was going to fish. Then it dawned on me and off I went to a little blue line creek. The day was cloudy and I encountered some rain on the drive, but by the time I got to the trailhead it had stopped. I began my hike it. After a mile or so I began to fish promising water.
There were plenty of bugs coming off the water but I didn't see many risers all day.
I worked the small runs and pocket water fishing an CDC Elk that I had tied up last night. I caught three colorful browns on the way in to the brookie waters.
As I neared my destination I crawled down to the stream and maneuvered in the creek bed to get into casting position. Third cast and wham! A nice little brookie took the fly.
I worked my way up through the gorge and crawling around I caught several more nice bejeweled brookies.
Green Drakes, Little Yellow Stone Flies and Caddis along with tons of tiny flies were hatching throughout the day.
I saw a lot more fish than I caught, every time I climbed up over a rock and could finally see the water it was too late, the trout were seeking cover shooting up and down their small pools. I think of them as "Black Lightening". I continued through the gorge and when I go to the top I decided that that was enough for the day and I turned back down the trail stopping along the way. As dusk approached the browns were even more coroprarative and I caught several in some nice little pools, pocket water and cascading runs.
My Blue Line outfie: CFO I, Orvis One Ounce 6'6" 2 wt. ;D
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