A New Stream
With stream flows getting skinny in this drainage, Neal and I decided we better fish on the top of the mountain while there is still water flowing. Yeah, we're not betting on monsoons keeping the flows fishable. And as a result, we're not taking a chance on missing an opportunity to float a fly on this stream before summer heat arrives. As it turned out, the only drawback was the wind. A chilly wind at that. We rolled over some narrow forestry roads and floated a fly on two different creeks. The second creek we fished was a surprise discovery after exploring a single lane rocky road up to over 8500 feet. Yup, first time we've been to this area, and we find a meandering creek flowing swiftly down the mountain side. One of the tightest brush-filled creeks I've fished. No trout were caught in this creek, but we gave it a lot of time to explore the conditions. Lots of trout, spooky as can be, with some surprisingly, large, healthy trout for a tiny creek like this one. I hav...
