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Springtime creek fishing
Post 16 May 2022, 12:54 • #1 
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It's finally May. I headed up to the national park intent on checking out some of my small creek spots at the mid elevations.

The first day I stopped at a spot a ranger told me about a few years ago. The snow had melted, and I tossed tungsten beadhead nymphs with a stiffer tenkara rod to the numerous brookies.

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I descended the creek a ways, past several falls and caught a few more.

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A bit lower I started seeing rainbows in the mix.

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The creek tumbles down a few more falls, and I looked down the drainage.

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I decided to scramble down and take a look at what lay below, before the brush closed up.

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I threaded up my Fenglass 6'6" 3wt and tossed out a purple haze. Almost immediately a nice rainbow took it. There were also a few smaller hungry brookies in the pool.

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By afternoon it felt warm in the sun, though the high temperature was probably only the low 70's. I worked my way downstream a bit.

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Around 4:30pm I decided to make my way back up. It was slow going; lots of downed trees and so on. Not a high-mileage day.

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The next day I got an early start -- the hike in would be a bit longer, and the approach has gotten brushier since the last time a trail crew had been through here. I looked at the fork's headwaters first.

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Nope -- blown out. Come back in June :) So made my way up to the next spot. Snowcapped peaks off in the distance.

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I'd brought my Orvis Superfine 7'6" 3wt today.

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For the most part the fish were keying in on little dark things, maybe winter snowflies, or possibly the big black ants I saw running around. There were also lots of ants on the wing. Black puterbaugh caddis and small foam ants did the trick.

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This stream has brook, rainbow, and brown trout. For whatever reason, this year I caught mostly browns, some rainbows and a few small brookies. I think the brookies don't do as well when the stream is lower -- this is the second drought year in a row here in California.

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This is another area where once off the trail there is lots of downed wood and occasional brush to work around, and going is slow. I took a few falls, and dented the cork in my Superfine, but the rod was unscathed.

Orvis Superfine 3wt and Red Truck Diesel 3/4 with 406 DT3F
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Around 5:30pm I decided I wanted to get back to the car before dark, and started hoofing it back during the cool of the evening.


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Post 16 May 2022, 13:17 • #2 
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Thanks for sharing your adventure with us! Looks like a fun place to fish. Lots of maneuvering around trees and nice holes below waterfalls.


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Post 16 May 2022, 13:36 • #3 
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Always enjoy your posts. Thanks for taking us along back in there.


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Post 16 May 2022, 14:20 • #4 
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A magical place


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Post 16 May 2022, 15:02 • #5 
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Man, what a trip. Thanks for the story and pictures


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Post 16 May 2022, 15:53 • #6 
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Wow - very nicely done. Thanks so much for the report.


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Post 16 May 2022, 15:57 • #7 
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Sounds and looks like a perfect day.


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Post 17 May 2022, 09:25 • #8 
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Great pictures! What a cool looking trip. Thank you for sharing them with us. Love my Fenglass 4wt and bet that 3wt is a sweet little rod, such a shame they discontinued them - I would snap one up if they were still for sale.


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Post 17 May 2022, 10:44 • #9 
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Very nice!


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Post 17 May 2022, 15:54 • #10 
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Spectacular


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Post 17 May 2022, 18:09 • #11 
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:like


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Post 17 May 2022, 20:19 • #12 
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Great story and trip!

An Orvis Superfine and a purple haze will make you smile!


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Post 18 May 2022, 07:36 • #13 
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Beautiful scenery. On the other hand, the scars of the forest fire are also seen in the photos. The fish are strong.


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Post 18 May 2022, 14:10 • #14 
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excellent, thank you..


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Post 18 May 2022, 20:25 • #15 
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Awesome!


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