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MFF US Northeast => Massachusetts => Topic started by: timeflies on Mar 25, 2019, 03:13 PM

Title: First brookie of the season
Post by: timeflies on Mar 25, 2019, 03:13 PM

Went out to a little blueline stream near me yesterday and managed a single brookie for my trouble, headed to a bit bigger water later in the day and despite a large midge hatch and some small black stones hatching wasn’t able to connect with anything. The brookie came on a bastardized nymph pattern of my own creation thats somewhere between a hares ear and a wooly bugger. Waters still real cold but the hatches lead me to believe it’ll be picking up here in the next few weeks.

Title: Re: First brookie of the season
Post by: bogtrotter on Mar 25, 2019, 05:03 PM

Good Lord, that's a tiny brookie!

Good job - - Anyone can catch a big fish, but it takes real finesse to catch a small one.

Title: Re: First brookie of the season
Post by: timeflies on Mar 26, 2019, 01:48 AM

thats one way of looking at it haha

Title: Re: First brookie of the season
Post by: elevatorman on Mar 26, 2019, 11:14 AM

Very nice 👍

Title: Re: First brookie of the season
Post by: Streamfisha on Mar 26, 2019, 12:00 PM

 Nice Lil Brookie...

Title: Re: First brookie of the season
Post by: Jschumacher on Mar 26, 2019, 01:00 PM

I got a stream near me that is loaded with small brookies. 10" is a monster. Those little ones are very tasty.

Title: Re: First brookie of the season
Post by: westernmas on Mar 26, 2019, 01:15 PM

Quote from: bogtrotter on Mar 25, 2019, 05:03 PM

Good Lord, that's a tiny brookie!

Good job - - Anyone can catch a big fish, but it takes real finesse to catch a small one.

Micro fishing is a real thing!  You should see some of the tiny sculpins species hunters get.