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On the first trip, I believe I lost a 12-14” brookie or brown further upstream. Hoping to find it again. Looked like a brookie. Only seen one fry for certain in this one swimming in the shallow ripples

Tons of chubs of Rosyside dace. The brookie most likely are further upstream. Plan to walk it all day to make the full trip next time

Also new net is so nice for small fish

This was so unexpected. I fished this stream last year and only found dace and chubs. People said it was unlikely brookies would be in there on this sub. I agreed it wouldn’t be likely to see these fish together. So I went out targeting dace, but somehow found two brookies. I tied on a dropper when approaching the spot I thought brookies would be. Two super strong fights. Both in the same exact spot. It’s the only deep pool I could find in the river. I knew there would be brookies, and it finally paid off. So happy about this.

Have a new net coming in with much tighter rubber netting. Even the larger brookies slip through mine with ease. Though I kept my hand very wet. Also planning to get some plastic containers to image the fish