Late stream report

[the spinning reel bandit]

This was the day before the storm. we caught about 20 fish apiece(kinda slow) all on dry fly's. The water seemed to just recovering from being washed out, so i was thats what mad for a slower day than usuall. We were in our local So Cal mountains!!! So go do work!!!

[Trout-Slayer77]

sweet looking browns dude !! thanks for the pics and report ! that first brown has a cool spot pattern !

[Trout-Chaser]

Dang! We have nice browns like that around here? No wonder you blacked out the background on your photos--I'd keep that spot secret, too!!!!

[sansou]

Wow, dry flies in January? Wonder what kinda hatch is going on in this cold.

Must have been a good size "stream" to support browns that size. That, or I have short changed on the last 30 some years of my fishing career....lol!

[Socalcreeker]

just a shot out of a cannon here but might you tell us what county these so cal mountains are in.

[castle]

Ha Ha, those fish werent caught around here for sure!

[tpfishnfool]

Ha Ha, those fish werent caught around here for sure!

No joke.. No way..

[the spinning reel bandit]

HA HA HA! this is why it was a late report, i think yall fishin in the wrong spots!! Na j/k! But they indeed we caught in our local so cal mountains! like i said DO WORK!!! And these arent the only nicer sized browns that we have caught in there either.

[the spinning reel bandit]

oh and im curious to what makes you guys think that they werent caught where they were?

[inthroughtheocean]

catching browns like that in a stream is unheard of in so cal (as far as I know). maybe where you would call so cal I wouldn't...hard to believe. if this is true maybe there's hope for so cal yet

[the spinning reel bandit]

Its in the I.E.! And these are the only bigger sized browns sized browns that we have caught either! DO WORK!!!

[Socalcreeker]

ok now that you said that i will be doin some research

[the spinning reel bandit]

ok now that you said that i will be doin some research

go for it!!! oh and DO WORK!!!

[Socalcreeker]

ya i will. i like the creek and stream fishing over sitting at a lake.its a little more challenging.

[inthroughtheocean]

well, I know of about 3 or 4 creeks I'm going to have to try fishing. luckily they're generally in the same area. hopefully I'll post back with some pictures of browns.

[the spinning reel bandit]

Now if you find the spot doesnt mean you can catch them, the hardest thing to do is actually catch them!

[Socalcreeker]

catchin is the easy part findin them usually is the hard part for me

[the spinning reel bandit]

catchin is the easy part findin them usually is the hard part for me

good luck!!

[teejay]

Good job Bandit. I'm a beliver:
Many years ago I read a story in the paper by a reputable oudoor columnist about such trout in a So.Cal water. The columnist elaborates: “Then you see it, the reason you’ve risked life and limb to be here. Moving out of the black water into the flats is a trout, a large trout, 20 inches maybe more. The hair on your neck stands up. It moves slowly, economically along the edge of the flat looking for a victim like a U-boat cruising a harbor mouth”.
The writer mentions using a large floating fly and advises in using no less than 10 pound tippet.

[idratherbfishin]

What happened to the pics???

[FSHNLIC]

Those fish were definitely caught in the So-Cal Mountains. There's really only one place that you can catch browns like that in So-Cal, but you definitely have to do work.

[Newfishsmell]

ya hard to believe, but i've seen pics of trout from a local creek ???
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad324/everycast/rainbow.gif
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad324/everycast/brown.gif

[steve092]

ya hard to believe, but i've seen pics of trout from a local creek ???
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad324/everycast/rainbow.gif
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad324/everycast/brown.gif

You're gonna think I'm nuts, but I know exactly where that creek is only because I've seen those pics before. Catching browns like that takes some work. A LOT of work.

[BIGBASS MB]

Wow, you really are a good fisherman