So I went fishing to day in two fairly decent size streams, and not a bite or fish in sight. Then on my way home I decided to stop at this small brook I pass all the time running. Its not more then about 2 or 3 feet wide in most spots and anywhere from about 2-12 inches deep. I ended up catching 3 brook trout. They were small but still kinda funny that I got three fish out of a place most wouldn't even think to try. I felt kind of funny carrying my fishing pole on the trail to the brook as I myself was questioning if there were any fish in it.

The biggest rainbow I have ever caught was in such a stream. funny thing was it was on my first fly rod and that happen to be the first water i came upon after I left the store. Their wasn't even room to cast, just flicked it out and wham a 17" beauty (catch and released). I've been hooked ever since on trying those forgotten spots.

That's cool! It just shows that you'll never now where you might find fish.

Nice, I don't think I'll pull any 17 inchers out, but hey who knows right? The sweet thing is the pond that they dropped down from is stocked with 10+ inch brookies. The ones I got were small and I saw some fry swimming around which means they are spawning so it is self sustaining. As long as not to many people figure out that spot is productive, it might be a nice little secret.

My biggest brook trout was caught out of a stream no wider than 24". Didn't even need to jump over the stream. After pulling it in I realized the stream was much wider than I had thought. I layed down on my belly, stuck my whole arm into the shallow stream, and couldn't tell how wide the stream was beneath me. I was standing on about 18" of land suspended over the water. Apparently this is common for streams to cut away walls but the vegetation holds on to the top layer of soil.

When fishing, you never know till you try.