Fishies and Freshies

I had a quick minute to hit some water. With the lady and little man in tow we set out and began walking the banks. I was setup with a beefy streamer and ready to find a hog. The water winded through some fields and at first I wasn't really seeing much great water. It was all shallow and flat. Finally, we came to a deep bend that looked promising.

I got in position to make my cast - I knew that on this slow quiet water I wouldn't get many chances to slam a big nasty bug down. The fly splatted on the edge of the far bank and I began stripping it back. As my fly came into view in the slow deep of the bend I saw that it was being followed by a nice fish. I sat in suspense and after the next strip I saw the white of his mouth engulf my fly. I set the hook and the game was on. As he flashed and fought he had so much color I thought it was a tiger trout, but as we got it into the net I saw that it was a nice bow. The sun was low in the sky and gave us some nice light for a couple shots before we headed home. Nice little quickie seek and destroy mission!