fishpro Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Drove out to a small creek yesterday to try some new water after hearing good things about it. I got set up and hit the water around 12:15. In no time I was into a few cutts, including a few around 12-13 inches that were still fairly skinny. After about an hour the weather started to turn as clouds came in and eventually there was some thunder overheard. Caught a few more then had to go into the trees and wait out the storm. It started to clear, so I began fishing again, then on my way upstream I saw this: From what I researched, that is an extremely large cougar track, so needless to say I was a little nervous continuing. I fish for a while longer, pulled two 12 inch cutts out of a hole when the sun came out for 5 minutes, but other than that the fishing remained quite slow. Around 3:45 I decided to get up to higher ground and head back (bad weather, slow fishing, and the threat of a cougar all helped me decide this). By the time I got back to where I started the weather had gotten slightly nicer so I hit the creek once more and went downstream from where I started. Found a nice pool and worked it thoroughly, and after a few casts saw my dry go down near the end of drift. Assuming it was drowned I went to recast again and felt weight on the end from a fish on the dropper, which got off after a couple seconds. Next cast, same place, dry goes down and I set the hook into a beautiful cutthroat. After a short fight on my new Sage TXL 000wt I had it in the net, largest fish of the day. The pool: The fish: All fish were taken on either a size 14 yellow humpy or a size 16 BH pheasant tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffin Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Great story man, sounds like a pretty good day of fishing to me. Very nice cutty to finish off a day. That is one heck of a cougar track would have scared the heck out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutlover Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 next time you shouldn't go there alone call me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sounds like an awesome day. I love cutties and skinny water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrinhurst Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 next time you shouldn't go there alone call me X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhuseby Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Boo, hiss. How did you find my secret stream? It is a great little spot isn't it. Population is down numbers wise this year, but the average size is better, as you noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboy Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 What line do you use on the txl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishpro Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Heard from a couple people who had fished it once or twice before haha definitely a nice little stream! I'm using the Sage line made for it - defnitely takes some getting used to with such a light line but it's nice to cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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