>>2783311I left late on Monday, and it was my intention that this was going to be a smallmouth / pike trip. Due to my tardiness, I decided to go to a trout pond I've been meaning to explore ever since a local posted a video to YouTube. When I arrived, I had a chat with the caretaker, who was featured in the video. I only fished a few minutes, but I caught a trout. The next day, I went to the smallmouth spot that brought me up there. Beautiful scenery, no fish all day. The next day, I did some non-fishing stuff in the morning and then did headed to a trout stream. I caught one trout, a couple chubs, and missed a couple trout. Of the two I missed, I one hookset sent a fish 20 ft in front of me over 5 ft behind me. The second hookset got my rig stuck in a tree, so I brought out my rod with 15 lb braid to break the limb. Very next cast was in a tree, and at that point, I called it. Three things I'd like to improve are getting ready faster, covering more ground, and knowing what flies to change to and when.
