Too many to choose from, so I have to go with favorites instead of picking just one.
limestone spring creeks flowing through pasture and forests: growing up in southeastern Minnesota, these are the kinds of streams I really learned to fly fish on...through many hours untangling line from bushes and trees, spooking wary fish with sloppy casts, and snapping off flies on 6x tippet. I love the challenge of fishing this kind of water, and it always sort of feels like home. Also, the possibility of big fish in little water. Silver Creek in Idaho is may be the quintessential example.
mountain streams and lakes: another somewhat sentimental pick from backpacking trips in the Bighorns with my dad growing up, not to mention the first kind of water where I used a fly rod. Echoing Gene, there's something about being in a place that requires some serious hiking...Also, the waters are unpressured, and the fish are always hungry and looking up. And that's to say nothing of being surrounded by snow-capped peaks. Beautiful fish too. Many spots in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming.
high desert canyon rivers: Resonant beauty of the landscape. Reading big water is a good challenge as can be the changing insect activity throughout the day and season. Wild fish. Sleeping in the dirt under more stars than you can see just about anywhere else. Deschutes River in Oregon.
I guess my favorite kinds of trout water are as much about landscapes and memories as about the fishing itself.
Ben
On Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:56:09 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:
-- limestone spring creeks flowing through pasture and forests: growing up in southeastern Minnesota, these are the kinds of streams I really learned to fly fish on...through many hours untangling line from bushes and trees, spooking wary fish with sloppy casts, and snapping off flies on 6x tippet. I love the challenge of fishing this kind of water, and it always sort of feels like home. Also, the possibility of big fish in little water. Silver Creek in Idaho is may be the quintessential example.
mountain streams and lakes: another somewhat sentimental pick from backpacking trips in the Bighorns with my dad growing up, not to mention the first kind of water where I used a fly rod. Echoing Gene, there's something about being in a place that requires some serious hiking...Also, the waters are unpressured, and the fish are always hungry and looking up. And that's to say nothing of being surrounded by snow-capped peaks. Beautiful fish too. Many spots in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming.
high desert canyon rivers: Resonant beauty of the landscape. Reading big water is a good challenge as can be the changing insect activity throughout the day and season. Wild fish. Sleeping in the dirt under more stars than you can see just about anywhere else. Deschutes River in Oregon.
I guess my favorite kinds of trout water are as much about landscapes and memories as about the fishing itself.
Ben
On Sunday, June 15, 2014 6:56:09 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:
The local trout stream thread got me thinking. I'd like to know what everyone's favorite type of trout water is. What is your favorite type of water to fish for trout?
My personal favorite is a tailwater with a significant drop in elevation. Example would be Elevenmile Canyon in Colorado. Loads of plunge pools with scattered straight stretches in between. Every plunge pool allows a new presentation to learn, new fish at each spot, scrambling over the boulders, constant fun.
Please describe your ideal trout fishing waters and what you find ideal about it, the kind you dream about at night.
Do you like limestones, freestones, great lake tributary, oceanic tributary, tailwater, small, wide, alpine, Pacific NW rainforest, stillwater, ice/hardwater, stocked, wild, hook 'n cook, secluded, urban, etc.
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