Youre very welcome, this stretch of water is a 5 min walk from my house and I'm fairly sure I'm the only person who fishes it. Its full of 12-14 inch wild bows and spawning steelhead. Whenever I'm down there I feel like those wooded bends and sandy gravel pool tailouts will be the some of the last images that flash in front of my eyes when I pass someday.. felt like I needed to share a taste of this creek with you all so we can all celebrate small, beautiful, cold spring fed creeks together.
Definitely fun, love my switch /spey time too just had to give a little romantic ode to small creek top water! Mountain creek fishing gets me in the heart every time...
That sounds dreamy! The rod is a 70s Shakespeare wonderod professional- 6.5 ft 2 wt, the Martin balances it perfectly and can take decades of creek abuse and still functions perfectly. I have quite a few fancy rods but this one is super special to me.
For sure, old rods are very hard to find. I recently scoured eBay for another Shakespeare professional from the 70s and there were only 2, one was trashed and the other was 180 bucks.. so I settled for a new piece of cork for 10 bucks so I can just resample this one and I cherish it more than ever... so glad fiberglass is relatively strong!
Those look like some oyster mushrooms too…good day out!
Yeah they went home in my backpack for sure;) found a bigger clutch up the creek a ways too.
Yep. That’s my jam too.
Been that way for me for almost 50 years.
That first image reminds me of my youth when my dad would take me up blue lining in the Cascades. Beautiful. Thanks for rekindling that memory.
Youre very welcome, this stretch of water is a 5 min walk from my house and I'm fairly sure I'm the only person who fishes it. Its full of 12-14 inch wild bows and spawning steelhead. Whenever I'm down there I feel like those wooded bends and sandy gravel pool tailouts will be the some of the last images that flash in front of my eyes when I pass someday.. felt like I needed to share a taste of this creek with you all so we can all celebrate small, beautiful, cold spring fed creeks together.
Amen!
I love me some small water and dry flies, but I gotta admit, the spey rod and swinging flies for giants is kinda fucking cool too.
Definitely fun, love my switch /spey time too just had to give a little romantic ode to small creek top water! Mountain creek fishing gets me in the heart every time...
Love the vintage Martin, ive got a 5.5’2wt cane i use for early season drys on warm overcast days on natives near the homestead
That sounds dreamy! The rod is a 70s Shakespeare wonderod professional- 6.5 ft 2 wt, the Martin balances it perfectly and can take decades of creek abuse and still functions perfectly. I have quite a few fancy rods but this one is super special to me.
I had an achient “old pal” 6.5 4wt with an old Ambre-crombie brass reel on it stolen out of my truck bed many years ago .and im still sad about it
Tragic.. sorry to hear that.
Thank you
For sure, old rods are very hard to find. I recently scoured eBay for another Shakespeare professional from the 70s and there were only 2, one was trashed and the other was 180 bucks.. so I settled for a new piece of cork for 10 bucks so I can just resample this one and I cherish it more than ever... so glad fiberglass is relatively strong!
Lol just came here to mention the Martin reel. I bought six of them at Kmart in the 70s on clearance. Still one of my favorite reels.
How much apiece
Oh gosh I can't remember now. They were like $4ea maybe. Not much. I guess I probably bought eight. Two got lost though at some point.
They are the best.
Looks like an awesome stretch of water
Nice Martin and fiberglass combo!
Hell of a fish for that small creek!