Saturday morning I met up with James and Amy up in the San Bernardino mountains to do some stream fishing at one of their favorite streams. The weather was real nice. The morning was cool and as the day went on it warmed up but stayed cool in the shade where we were.
The scenery in this area was just beautiful and we got to do one of the things I love which is to just meander up/down stream as far as we wanted. Don't get me wrong, I like fishing in lakes. But when you're fishing a small lake or a pond you're pretty localized. The best you can do is walk completely around the bank. With stream fishing you can park your car and just keep on going, exploring new areas without fishing the same spot twice. There's always that question in your mind, "I wonder what I'll find a little further down." It makes it exciting. It's not some epic quest, but for myself I like to think of it as Venture Fishing.
The DFG stocks rainbows in this stream and there are also native browns to be found all over. I've caught rainbows before, but I had never caught a brown so I was hoping to catch one and get a picture before day's end.
As it turned out I caught 3 browns. None of the browns that were caught were very big, which I'd say is normal for this environment. But they are pretty. I guess when you're used to seeing one species it's nice to see something different. All of the browns that I caught were on a fly that James gave me to use. (DOH! I've got to get those back to him! I totally forgot 'till just now! Sorry James!)
Towards the end of the day we stopped at a section of stream that was pretty overrun with people, so we started heading upstream to get away from everyone. We found a real nice, deep pool that shallowed out and saw nearly a dozen browns hanging out in that area.
We stayed there for quite a while and eventually had some success. James hooked a brown ...
... and I hooked a rainbow on a small powerworm.
Anytime I fish someplace new I don't expect to catch anything. I figure I'm going to spend my first visit learning about the area and what the fish like or expect to see. So anytime I actually catch fish on my first visit to someplace new I consider it a win.
Saturday was a win. Fun Venturing. Awsome company. Beautiful scenery. Wonderful weather. And some pretty fish that let us take their pictures.
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