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Fall's Aggressive
Brook Trout
by Vic Attardo
photos by the author
Brook Trout are old lineage, but each snapping rise is fresh.
After the spawn, Brook Trout may surprise like a bolt of
lightning in your back pocket. I have heard it said that Brook
Trout will rise to just about any fly as long as it has some
color. If true, it is no truer than in the fall.
You can land a Brook Trout, but you cannot tame these
fish. Brook Trout pull on the leash like a pit bull. For me,
one particular fight lasted less than a minute, the feisty fish,
as bright as a crisp rainbow, snarled at me the whole time. I
grasped only the fly, turned the hook shank like a corkscrew,
and let the fish retreat.
There is a tributary of Pine Creek, Tioga County, that no
more than five guys fish each year. It is a good example of a
high-stepping stream and should be fished.
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Fish the corners, fish the side pockets, and fish the edges.
In the hardest bedrock, there is a deeper hole where Brook
Trout sit. Drop a dry fly of a high-riding or flush-floating
construction, and the fish will rush. Slap the fly down on the
slack, and you may get a strike or entice stay-at-home fear.
It is better to drop the fly on the lip, and let the flow take it
over mini-falls. When the fly disappears, raise the rod and
set the hook. The biggest Brook Trout will come out first. It
may not come again, so have everything ready for the strike.
If using a nymph, again let the fly fall off the lip. This
time, aim for the depression. Put it right at the trout's
mouth. For this, you need an indicator. I recommend an
unobtrusive yarn indicator. In the current, it will float
downstream. If it hesitates or is pulled upstream, yank hard.
The trick is to yank in the current's direction. Pull the rod
low, parallel to the surface, away from the trout's tail. The
fish is already turned upstream with a fly in its mouth, and a
downstream pull will secure the hook.
Use a weighted fly, and do not use splitshot unless the
hole is over 2 feet deep. Use a simple fly like a chenille body
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