Finally - 10/23 - Trout

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Finally got to fish for a couple of hours this afternoon. Between work and a recent hernia repair have not had much opportunity to fish - but had to try.

Fished the North Branch from around 2:30 to 4:30. After wading for about 1/2 hour hit a nice rainbow ~ 15" and ~ 1.5 lbs. Release her and hit another about 17" within 3 casts. Slowed down so stumbled downstream about 1/4 mile with no action.

Slowly worked my way back to the section where I hit the 2 females and in the last 10 minutes of fishing caught 3 male bows - each around 18", dark with kypes forming.

Tried streamers and nymphs but they seemed to want only a black bead-head wooley bugger. Interestingly - the males all had one pectoral fin that looked like a nub - didn't look clipped, but looked rubbed off - like tails during spawning. The females were only slightly colored - fat with small mouths.

Great couple of hours - I'll pay for it tomorrow but it was worth it>