Ed fished with me the first day on Laurel and his luck was worse than mine. Aside from the rain, it was just tough finding a trout.
Fished all day and finally got this one Brookie. Just no water. Don't know how the trout could possibly survive.
Guess it goes without saying, if you're gonna get a trout you have to fish the deep pools (if you can find them). That last fish was living here on Laurel.
Next day, on another part of Laurel, got this little beauty. It was living in the run on the next pic.
This run is usually 18 inches to 24 inches deep. Now it might be a foot...maybe.
The further upstream I walked the less water I found.
These rascals were plentiful. Seemed like they wouldn't let my green weenie alone. Caught bunches of them.
Must have got 5 chubs here but surprisingly, no trout. Saw a spinner or two in the trees so maybe spinner fishermen are tearing up the brookie population.
This is what I had to put up with on Sheaffer. Windfalls were everywhere.
And yes, another brookie. Boy they were few and far between but this looked like a little girl so I took good care of her. Maybe she'll make more for next…
Once again the trout was hiding under the roots of this tree. Oddly, I didn't catch any juvenile trout. That's a bad omen for the future of this stream.
This is just a trickle of what you'd expect to see in this stream. Water moving but very slowly...almost stagnant.
Yes I know brookies can live in skinny water but this too low.
Again, a picture to show the stream condition. This is a stream I'll skip in the future unless the conditions change for the better.
If I were a fish I wouldn't want to live here either.
This used to be a long deep slower pool that always held a few brookies. Only chubs this trip.
I did take a pic or two of the fish I was catching, just for a sample of what's taking over the stream. These guys are in there by the bunches.
While most were small I did get a couple that were 4 to 6 inches long.
In days gone by we used to throw a dry from the rocks at the lower left to a spot just under the tree. Matter of fact there were so many brookies here we took…
Middle of the picture is white foam. Normally this stream flows fast enough that foam doesn't exist.