Yesterday and Today I got out fishing on a total of three of Minnesota's State Park Season trout streams. Yesterday my future bro in law and I fished two creeks in a State Park. With the streams running low and clear, temperatures in the low 40's, and bluebird skies it was hard to sneak up on the fishes!
He caught two fish on his first time fly fishing! One came on a beautifully roll casted presentation and another came on a more traditionally presented cast.
Fish rose most of the afternoon hitting little BWO Mayflies. I tried to coax them on a BWO pattern that I've tied recently but they wanted very little to do with it. I had two strikes and I failed to set the hook effectively on both. I finished the day with around a half dozen trout to hand, none over 14 inches. Most fish came on nymphs fished deep and slow.
This is the headwaters of the creek that we fished. The water comes out of springs within the cave. We spotted no trout in the cave but many downstream! I'd love to see the water pumping out of there in spring.
After hiking and fishing a few miles we turned our attention to another stream. We saw a little luck on this stream and as the sun began to set the fish began to surface. We were sufficiently exhausted by the time we returned to the car.
Today I went to another State Park for a short trip. Temperatures hit the mid 50's this afternoon and again it was sunny. Fish were again easily spooked but i managed another half dozen fish caught on nymphs, a sz 22 bwo ermerger, and a sz 20 midge emerger.
Both of these fish had great colors. Most of the trout I caught today were about the size of the brown trout pictured above. At one point I hooked into a fish that felt pretty nice but after two strong head shakes he was free. Fish rose consistently on midges for the afternoon.
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