This past fall, I set out on a trip to fish a smaller wilderness headwater section of a specific stream which I knew held both large browns and brook trout. I was target large brown trout on this trip, and fishing mostly larger wooly buggers as streamers.
It was a warm, early winter day, which allowed me to dress lighter which in return allowed me to move slowly, more quietly, and approach the stream sections holding larger wild trout with ease.
I would perform a full half circle, skirting the tail of the pool, coming up about midway, in a crouch, and then a crawl. I shot the fly into the pool bow and arrow style from behind the cover of a tree, and within moments of hitting the water, a large brown trout took my fly and swam back towards his lie. I quickly set the hook and the startled fish shot off down streamer, dragging out my spool of fly line nearly to the backing. I found him for several minutes until I finally got a look at him, and was able to land him near the bank. This trout was both the largest wild brown and most interestingly colored brown I have caught. Not huge by many standards, but a real monster for this small stream.
I shot a few pictures, then let him out into the current for a few moments, and then released him for another day.
I stopped at a headwater stream on the way out that I had wanted to explore and fish for sometime, and on the first cast had a nice brookie hit, but lost him. Casting in again, he attacked my fly and I was able to land him this time around. With that I headed home for the day, feeling successful.
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