It's been a tough spring with lots of rain and our low gradient trout streams here tend to muddy quick and clear slowly. It was raining this am when I got up but a peek at the radar showed clearing to the west so off I went for the 30 minute drive to aforementioned river. It was a little murky but fishable. Caught few trout and many big minnows but the scenery was nice. 85 degrees and moist makes for five hours of sweaty log scampering though.
Here's one of our local Terrapins. This one is about 20 inches in diameter and was chasing another about the same size up a riffle when I got there was it turtle love? No idea.
As you can see from the steam rising off the log it was a moist heat!
This is a typical part of the stream. In several years of fishing here I've never seen anyone else beyond fifty yards of the bridge. This is maybe 3/4 of a mile upstream.
The wild lily's are in bloom and soon it will be the wild roses the place is covered with.
Typical MD flies. If they'll take a dry 90% of the time it'll be an Adams or a Caddis, use copper johns and pheasant tails for nymphs and I use the giant stones to prospect the bottom of some of the deep holes.
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