After witnessing a poaching of a snagged boot king at the wallace, i decided to get away from the crowds, and went to olney creek (above olney falls). A very good move. I waded about 3 miles of pristine stream with complete solitude. Me my 3weight and nature. I c&rd roughly 100 small cutthroat in about 4 hours, size ranged from 5"-9" nothing huge or even average lol, but made for a pleasent afternoon. I used a size 8 orange/brown wooley bugger that i tied. I caught fish from about a dozen holes, 1hole looked like there were 200-300 trout in just that one hole, i caught 30-40 in that hole before they stopped biting. My fly would hit the water, and trout were swarming it immediately, in one instance every time i stripped line i got a hit... i also caught trout between holes in 2ft deep riffles, near logjams, and near under cut banks. It was a fun little adventure. Great scenery too.


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