Brook At Jfk

[marcusearlt]

I strolled down to JFK to kill some time on Saturday around noon. I just left Cow Shoals, wasn't fishing but just looking around, where there were one too many anglers. The weather was nasty, how I like it, and the water was low. When I arrived at JFK the water was up just a hair. I gear up and head to the discharge pipe to drop a sowbug. I unzip my bad and low and behold I had forgot my box that had my special Little Red goodies in it. The midge was drifted and ignored. The water began to drop so I marched up and down that stretch doing everything I could to fool a fish. The predominant thought in my head was how everyone at the wedding I was attending later was going to ask if I caught any fish; I could always lie to'em and they'd never know but I'd rather just say "yes, I did, here's a picture." By now, the sun is coming out and a hatch is coming off ever so slightly causing the water's surface to come alive with leaps, swirls, and boils. I am ill-equipped to capitalize so I watch my window of oppurtunity swim by. I get desperate and head back to the pipe. BINGO! Lots of fish moving in and out. I tie on a 16 Blue Dun/Silver BH Zebra midge, sorta almost sow buggy if you go crosseyed till your eyes get blurry but not really, and set the indicator no more than a foot above. After x-number of casts, BOOM! My indicator blows up! Hooray! As I bring the fish in I notice that this is no rainbow, this must be a brook. Ahh, my first brook trout. I'm feeling really important at this point and ready to call mom with the good news. What a pretty fish.

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Sweet.

[Jason R.]

Thats the only place on the Little Red that I ever catch brookies- I got one once with a little kype that was about the same size as that one. Sounds fun.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Sweet Fish, and great to see a report on this forum! I caught a brook last year fishing down from jfk, after the river split comes back together before Lindseys, it wasn't as big as yours there, but nice, and my first brook!

I'm fishing down there during the holidays, so hopefully I can add to the reports! One of the least talked a bout rivers on this forum, but possibly the best trout river here, IMO....

[marcusearlt]

Ya guys, I've heard that is the only spot to catch the elusive brookie on the LRR. It's always cool when you catch a new or rare species. I always get a kick out of whatever devides to bite my hooks, trophy or "trash!"

Jason- Exactly what kind of fish is that you're holding in your profile pic cuz it's huge? Some sorta Muskie or Pike maybe?

LittleRedFisherman- Ya, the LRR is definitely some good fishing, this year wasn't my absolute best. (not counting the brook!) Very little rain and low flow required some tactical adjustments, but still had a great time as always. Taney, Norfork, and The Mighty White were on fire for me this year. I'll be down there for a week from Christmas to New Years so keep those reports of your's coming and I'll fill you in on whatever breaking news develops from my outings. What flies are hot for you down there?

[Jason R.]

That is a brown trout from the white river in my pic- does look like a pike or something when the picture is so small. I just use all the standards down there- midges, scuds, sow bugs, soft hackles etc. I like the little red mainly because it is the closest trout water to where I live.