[VFB] Great day at the stream!

[Junaid Hassan]

Went to The Patuxent River here in MD. About 5 mins into the trip i hooked a 
sucker on an olive & black bugger. I thought it was some mad crazy rainbow 
but not so. I didn't despair though cuz it gave me a hell of a thrill! I 
missed a hook-up under an overhang and another in an undercut. I resharpened 
the bugger but the action was off due to the sun and heat. So i went 
exploring. Its amazing what u find if u just hunt around a bit. Upon 
overturning a rock in the stream, there were these little 1/2 inch trout 
still in their yolk sacks stuck to the rock with some sticky substance. That 
was quite amazing. Then, as i looked behind my waders, there were these 
little 3 inch parr hanging out. About an hour later, a doe came down for a 
long drink at the stream. She was about 50 ft from me and a sight to behold! 
Later, though they weren't biting, there were 3 large trout (18+ inches) at 
the bottom of a clear channell in the middle of a large slow pool. Got my 
blood pumping :-) About an hour before leaving, i discovered a really nice 
spot on the stream...It is this small dry gravel bed which drops down into a 
little undercut bank which promises to be full of trout. I'll be returning 
there again on Saturday.

No high compares to a fish at the end of the line.
SJHassan, from MD.
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