Clear water and abundant nutrients and insect life make spring creeks attractive springtime destinations for trout anglers. (Shutterstock photo)
By Scott Linden
I stood thigh-deep in the chilly water, gob smacked by what I saw in the current sluicing through a break in the streamside alders. Like customers in a bakery, trout took a number, then waited patiently in line to slurp tiny mayflies from the lazy current. Every few casts, a suicidal rainbow would suck in my imitation and streak downstream. I quit after an hour of non-stop action.
Beautiful, reliable, rich in nutrients and insect life and often the first streams to be fishable after a long winter. Those are just some of the reasons fly anglers gravitate to spring creeks this time of year. What better way to start your season than on a crystalline stream where trout beckon and...
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