Brookies on dries!!!
I genuinely enjoy just about any kind of fishing. I like jigging soft baits, trolling, casting flies, whizzin crankbaits, you name it, but I think summer dry fly fishing is my favorite of all. (Or top water bass fishing which isn't entirely unlike dry fly fishing) As the snowpack was a bit less than average this year we got an early melt and the rivers are settling down and the bugs are coming out. I fished my favorite little mountain stream today and brought home some brookies for dinner. They were taking the usual, big ugly stimulators, elk hair caddis, hoppers. I examined the stomach of one of the trout and found it full of just about every kind of insect you can imagine and 1 caterpillar.
My little Cabela's TQR rod finally got to be used for the purpose for which it was invented, and performed wonderfully. The most noticable improvement over a longer rod is found just walking around, I find myself not even thinking about the rod in my hand because I don't end up poking/snagging stuff or catching it behind me. The most noticable thing in the other direction is that when you need to sneak up to a pool there may be several currents crossing between you and the pool. High sticking is limited at best with a 5 foot rod. All in all, I'm impressed.
I've eaten quite a few Brookies and I must confess to being kind of sick of the old standard salt pepper and lemon fry or bake'em whole and call it good. I wanted to try something a bit different so I tried my friend Johnny's Vietnamese style cerviche. It was damn good. Just mix up your just cooked fish with some muddled cilantro, garlic, maybe a touch of ginger, some hot pepper sauce (Sirachi works great) and a thimble of fish sauce. Cover generously with lime juice, salt, chill and serve. It ain't bad, kids.
My little Cabela's TQR rod finally got to be used for the purpose for which it was invented, and performed wonderfully. The most noticable improvement over a longer rod is found just walking around, I find myself not even thinking about the rod in my hand because I don't end up poking/snagging stuff or catching it behind me. The most noticable thing in the other direction is that when you need to sneak up to a pool there may be several currents crossing between you and the pool. High sticking is limited at best with a 5 foot rod. All in all, I'm impressed.
I've eaten quite a few Brookies and I must confess to being kind of sick of the old standard salt pepper and lemon fry or bake'em whole and call it good. I wanted to try something a bit different so I tried my friend Johnny's Vietnamese style cerviche. It was damn good. Just mix up your just cooked fish with some muddled cilantro, garlic, maybe a touch of ginger, some hot pepper sauce (Sirachi works great) and a thimble of fish sauce. Cover generously with lime juice, salt, chill and serve. It ain't bad, kids.
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