Fun in the Sun

In the midst of our busy season, it's not very often that we get a chance to go for a good fish ourselves for a few hours. Tonight was my night and it was well worth it. The sun shone bright in the sky, but I wanted to visit one of my favorite brown trout streams and check on a few fish that Dave and I had caught earlier this past spring. My first cast I had a nice 17 inch brown slam my golden stone pattern and then every likely looking holding water thereafter held a good brown. The highlight of my evening was this 24" male. The take was exactly what I had hoped for tonight....head, dorsal...tail. Slow, decisive and no mistaking it. The structure in this particular stream along with bank shadows made for great fishing and eager browns despite the fact that the sun shone relentlessly and there wasn't any substantial hatch of bugs. I had a ton of fun hooking these good fish in the peaceful surroundings of this little stream, but I sure did miss my life long fishing buddy. It wasn't quite the same without him. I guess I like sharing the fishing experience as much as catching the fish. I'm sure we will be back there together soon:)