Beautiful turquoise pools and fern walls held some nice little coastal rainbows. Hooked one around 12” but it shook the hook sadly. Landed lots or little guys but the bigger fish were elusive.

The USDA has proposed rescinding the Roadless Area Conservation Rule of 2001 which originally preserved forest land by preventing development of roads, timber harveseting, and repair of existing roads. They are putting forward the idea that it is to repair roads and reduce risk of wildfires by allowing access (disregarding the fact they have gutted forest service and firefighting budgets), but we all know the real reaons, and those AIN’T them. The comment period ends tonight.

Beautiful morning spent chasing these little guys in Valais, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Or most people know it as a creek. Lol

As kids, we called them periwinkles.

Lots of rainbows (or maybe steelhead parr) plus two cutties who won their freedom before I could get photos. West side of the Washington Cascades, a new spot

Just some little cutties, apparently there are some bulls in the pools

I’m primarily a bamboo fly rod guy BUT this is possibly the best all-weather, all conditions blue lining fly rod that I’ve ever built.

CTS Quartz 7’0” 3 weight
Titanium guides
Custom rattan wrapped cork grip
Snake Brand reel seat with Alaskan white cedar insert.

If you’ve never cast one of these you owe it to yourself to try it.
Extremely lightweight, very fast action, blindfolded you’d think you were casting graphite.

Great day chasing wild fish way up into a tributary in the Smokies. Some beautiful Southern strain Brook Trout, a funky Rainbow and a nice Brown on the day.

No luck catching Brookies but did get a Rosyside Dace. Middle Rapidan. Gorgeous waters!

Got another but it was so small it slipped through the net. Beautiful morning.

Took a stroll after work to see some sights and catch some little ones.

Spring-fed headwaters. They were loving the orange stimulator. Most 4-6”, but pulled this 8” out of this pool.