Skunked!!! A cautionary tale...

[Eric82]

Skunked!!!  I fished Spring and Mill Creeks yesterday and did not bring any to hand. However,  I would like to give some thoughts on this in hindsight...  First I didn't spend too much time on either creek.  I should have probably chose one and gave it the attention needed to fish it properly. Second I didn't bring my ninja game.  This is related to only fishing each creek briefly since my time was limited yesterday.  With the clock ticking I didn't proceed with the normal stealth I try to incorporate on these small creeks and fumbled around probably spooking all the trout in the area. I also didn't take the time to rest a hole when I got to it. Lastly perhaps I was using the wrong patterns but that didn't matter if had spooked the trout anyway.. I did see some deer at spring creek and went upstream of where I fished before.  I've only fished Spring once before, briefly as well, and got skunked that time. Spring is a beautiful creek though and now is going to haunt me until I can give it the proper attention...  Mill was just not getting to the water downstream that I wanted to fish and lack of stealth. Both streams were low and gin clear. I guess the moral of the story is don't fish somewhere half-assed... Haha!!! Happy Monday!  ?

[MoTroutHunter]

Two itty bitty creeks on the same day? You know better than that! :-P

 

 

[Eric82]

Haha you know it man!!  Good to see ya on the forum!!! 

[MoTroutHunter]

I lurk occasionally but don't usually see anything to comment on. If someone asks a question I could answer, 15 people have already answered it 8 different ways and are arguing about it. Ain't nobody got time for that. :-)  I should probably throw some fishing reports up from time to time, though.