This weekend I was able to go up the hill to Dutch John to watch the Superbowl and enjoy a little time off. While I was up there I decided that I had better go fishing, or else it would be a waste of time.
With very little cajoling I was able to talk my brother into going with me. We left the house at about 11:30 in the morning and got to the river at about noon. When we got there it was gusting some cold wind and quite overcast. We decided to at least go ahead and check for rising fish. We started to walk downstream from Little hole, after about a quarter of a mile we stopped to watch a few fish rising. My brother proceeded to cast towards these fish while I finished rigging up a small fuzzball. He hooked up and landed a nice healthy little brown. After he had landed his fish I stepped into the hole to try my luck. After trying a few times to see my fly I gave up and changed up to a sz. 20 midge cripple. I made a few casts in and hooked up with another little brown.
After a little more fishing we separated and started to fish different holes. After landing another 4 or 5 nice little browns my midge cripple was starting to look a little ragged. I then proceeded to change it up for a little Brook Sprout Midge, I fished this fly for a little while longer. And just before we decided to go in for the day I hooked and landed a healthy 16 inch brown.
All in all a good day of fishing, and a good bit of time spent with my brother.
