Big browns from small streams

[The_Real_TCIII]

A friend and I caught two 17" ers from the same pool about ten minutes apart tonight, in a small wild quality creek. I got my best wild rainbow too. Amazing afternoon! Lots of stones coming off but saw just one rise. Both browns ate a blowtorch, the rainbow ate a blue perdigon

[crappyice]

Sweet day... amazing how some waters just hold fish. Surprised that both brutes were in the same hole on a small stream 

[Robhuntandfish]

what a great day out on the water.  That rainbow is just beautiful.

I used to mostly trout fish only and barely hunted for many years, but I have gotten away from it.  All my haunts are now based on "used to get trout here" as being a stream fisherman and access and good water was always the biggest part of success and a lot of that has changed.   Makes me want to look into some of my old trout spots more but as I get older falling in a trout stream isn't as desirable lol.  I did get out once this fall and tried an old brook trout spot and was pleasantly shocked to see it was still good fishing.  Caught a few and even kept 2 for the table for old-time's sake. Even wen thru a few old pics of favorite spots, gonna have to get out a bit more for trout.   

[2BuckBizCT]

3 hours ago, crappyice said:

Sweet day... amazing how some waters just hold fish. Surprised that both brutes were in the same hole on a small stream 

same fish!

[Pygmy]

7 minutes ago, 2BuckBizCT said:

same fish!

I once caught the same 19 inch brown  twice within  less than an hour....He was unmistakable due to an unusual overshot upper jaw...  The second time I released him  I told him that he had better be careful because the next fisherman that came along might not be as nice a guy as  me....

[grampy]

Great day Tacks!!!

I really need to get out for trout more often!