Simply Splendid
When I pulled up the weather app, it said it would be cloudy all day, with rain in the forecast for tomorrow. You know what I did. I grabbed my sling pack, net, and a rod/reel combo and headed out for home waters. The temperatures were in the sixties, overcast, and I was zinging down the highway with a #14 hook and a prayer. You see, I haven't seen one single trout on my favorite streams so far this year. But, I felt lucky. It was fantastic to be trekking down a streamside trail on such a splendid day! I wasn't there ten minutes when I hooked my first Leetle Feller on the mountain Rio. Dang, I was so relieved to get one in the net. Based on the few times I have checked out the streams this year, I was beginning to wonder if there were any trout up in my little piece of heaven. Well, I now know there are twelve trout, because they kissed the bottom of my net. They were just Leetle Fellers, but I was absolutely delighted to play them into the net during my afternoon adventure to...
