makes me smile

[Rumblefish]

I love Mother Nature. It was about 4-5 years ago when one of my favorite little streams was ruined by fire. I went up after the fire and it was like a rolling muddy, debris filled mess. I walked this stream for several miles and not one fish. I thought for sure I would never see a cutty out of there again. Last weekend I found myself up in the same area and decided to wet a fly.
It was amazing. I caught cutty after cutty and noticed stoneflies everywhere. I also spotted small fry in every slack water. Then I stopped catching fish. I walked down to more several pools and nothing. However I did notice that the stoneflies were no longer hiding under rocks. They were everywhere. Thousands in every pool, on rocks, on sand patches, with no fear of me either.
I took me a minute to realize that the fish at the top of the stream were larger and as I fished down stream the fish were progressively smaller until they were gone. Hence, large numbers of un-eaten brave little stoneflies. It kinda made me smile. I just wanted to share this and I can’t believe how fast that they have repopulated this area.


PS I love that my footprints are the only ones!!!!!

[Utah DaveII]

trout, salmon and steelhead have been surviving forest fires for thousands upon thousands of years. Hell they even survived the explosion of Mount Saint Helens. Amazing creatures. It's also amazing how we are doing what mother nature has not been able to do. Push these fish toward extintion.

Great to hear that you had a wonderfull expereince.

[brownstalker]

Thanks for sharing that with us. I could feel the calmness and beauty of nature. Kind of takes care of itself if we just stay out of the way.

[fly2much]

Thats Happened to me Before and i loved it!