Rumours where going around that the stream we fish had been
stocked so we decided to check it out.
If there where trout about we would quickly notice but it stayed
very quiet on the gamefish front.

Maybe the coarse fish would cooperate and so I tried my latest
bloodworm creation.
I got some hits on the nymph but those where not very decisive,
in the end I nailed one roach – skunk avoided.




From past expirience we knew that some of the people who stocked fish where lazy *** 
so we checked out one of the bridges where easy access to the stream was possible.
No sign of fish though, what I did notice was that the windflowers had finally started to bloom.





So we could not find the trout …. but we knew someone who knew for sure since that person was involved with the stocking business.
Our informer would come to meet us and show where we had to go for some early season trout.
While we where tossing lure’s at the good spot our informer dunked some worms in the stream but even to his amazement nothing happened.

Maybe catching trout on this day would not be an option afterall.
As a last ditch attempt we decided to fish the so called guest stretch of our stream.
The guest stretch was a section of the stream where non-members could purchase day permits to fish there.

I did not believe in trout anymore so I skipped all but one of the pools and headed straight to
the end of the stretch where I knew I had a chance to catch roach.
When nymph fishing did not even yield a single bite I decided to give the trout a last shot and tied on a small streamer.

A drift under the treeroots in the bend of the stream was the ticket as a brown trout shot out to grab the streamer.
In a short while I had three takes and could land and release two fish.




So in the end I got my trout.

I hope the weather will get a little warmer in the coming weeks and a few showers
might also come in handy since the water table is low right now.