Mountain Rusher
I once read an article from Dave Anderson where he referred to one of his streams down in Australia as a little mountain rusher. I really like his description for little streams that cascade down a mountainside. It describes many of the Rio's I enjoy fishing on a regular basis. There are short pockets of water on these streams where the resident trout hold and wait for food to enter their domain. Yup, you know where the trout are hiding as you work your way upstream dropping a dry fly onto those small pockets of calmer water. Freestone streams with wild trout are as close to an ideal fly fishing environment that I know. For me, anyway. And as a result, most of my fishing takes place on freestone streams. Why? Because I'm a dry-fly-only kind of a guy. Drifting a dry fly on those little mountain rushers is effective, and there is never a dull moment. The trout don't have time to think about whether or not to take a bite of perceived food zipping by their holding spot. Which m...
