almost favorite creek

[Sharps4590]

Just so I could be first once in my life at posting in a forum, the Little Piney is my first or second creek to fish. It's close to home, has adequate numbers and size of fish to suit me and if you pay attention to when you go I rarely run in to anyone.

Vic

[Sam Potter]

SHARPS4590

I also live close to the Little Piney, ( 10 minutes ). You are correct about the numbers, but most of the fish that are caught, over 12 inches long, are stocked fish. If you are catching them above Mill Dam Hollow they have probably moved up into the blue ribbon water from where they were stocked. If you are catching them at Mill Dam or below, chances are they are stockers. The wild trout will be long, lean and powerful. All the smaller trout ( below 10 inches ) are natives. The brilliant colors will also be an identifying mark, like the white tips on the fins. Look for a tiny orange spot at the tip of the dorsal fin. Another indicator of a stream born fish. When the stockers have been lucky enough to survive in the stream for a long time, they will begin to take on the bright colors of the stream born rainbows.

I love to fish the little piney, and like you, rarely see very many fishermen, especially above Mill Dan Hollow. Maybe we will run into one another some day.

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[Sharps4590]

I haven't fished below Vida Slab in over a year and rarely prior to that. I just moved back to Missouri two years ago in October and while I've fished Mill Dam the stockers over there kinda put me off. It is a beautiful stretch of the Little Piney tho. I should go fish there simply to enjoy it again. Mostly I fish from the 63 bridge to Vida slab and you're sure right about the coloring of the fish, they can be brilliant. Also, it doesn't take a very large fish to please me on a fly rod.

Maybe we could arrange to run in to one another on the Little Piney. I also like Spring Creek.

Vic