First Trip To Crane.......not My Last.

[XP 590]

My brother and I fished Crane Creek for the first time last Wednesday and had a blast. We had beautiful 65 degree weather, sunny and clear. After looking around in the city park, we drove up to the upper Wire Road access to start. It had rained for the few days before that and I thought the creek would be muddy but it was crystal clear. We worked our way downstream from there and I swung a soft hackle into a few small beauties. A little further down, we found a nice scour hole that was at least 8 feet deep and was holding a few whoppers. One of them had to be 20" plus. We took turns there getting big nympsh down to them and I hooked into a nice 15 incher that took my 8ft, 2wt TFO for a ride. My brother hooked into a bigger one that ran for the tree and broke him off. My pictures don't do these fish justice, they were beautiful and I'll definitely be back.

This is my first time trying to post pics so I hope they come up ok.

[eric1978]

Really nice fish....for an aquarium

No, seriously...great pics...cool looking fish!

Looks like you had a great time....I gotta get down there some day.

[Geoff]

those little guys are perfect aquarium size. i was working to do this but trout dont make the best aquarium fishes.

i really want to go out there someday.

[ozark trout fisher]

My brother and I fished Crane Creek for the first time last Wednesday and had a blast. We had beautiful 65 degree weather, sunny and clear. After looking around in the city park, we drove up to the upper Wire Road access to start. It had rained for the few days before that and I thought the creek would be muddy but it was crystal clear. We worked our way downstream from there and I swung a soft hackle into a few small beauties. A little further down, we found a nice scour hole that was at least 8 feet deep and was holding a few whoppers. One of them had to be 20" plus. We took turns there getting big nympsh down to them and I hooked into a nice 15 incher that took my 8ft, 2wt TFO for a ride. My brother hooked into a bigger one that ran for the tree and broke him off. My pictures don't do these fish justice, they were beautiful and I'll definitely be back.

This is my first time trying to post pics so I hope they come up ok.

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The more I think about it, the more it makes me wonder why anyone would want to build a dam there.......

Great fish. That there's wild trout fishing in it's purest since.

[drew03cmc]

The more I think about it, the more it makes me wonder why anyone would want to build a dam there.......

Great fish. That there's wild trout fishing in it's purest since.

Not quite. If it were indeed in its purest sense, the fish would be indigenous to this region, county, watershed and creek. They are not, however, indigenous, but it is indeed good wild trout fishing.

[ozark trout fisher]

Not quite. If it were indeed in its purest sense, the fish would be indigenous to this region, county, watershed and creek. They are not, however, indigenous, but it is indeed good wild trout fishing.

Whatever .... Call it what you like.