Flood Waters

We have had over two inches of rain in the past two days sending all of the streams and rivers way out of their banks. Eagle creek behind my house came up all the way to my back yard.

I got a chance to get over to Brookville since they were holding back water because the West Fork of the Whitewater River was in flood stage. The East Fork where we catch trout was running at 100 cfs but off color due to run off. The run-off brought the stream temp up to 40 so the fish were much more active. As I'm driving over my fishing buddy Andy called and said, "I think you've got a big fish in you today." So I thought he jinxed me, but that wasn't the case. He was right. In the first hole I fished I caught the biggest brown I've ever caught. It was a female that measured 21" long and weighed over 4 lbs. It put up an outstanding fight, jumping three times and making several runs. I was so jazzed, but there were no other people in the area. That might have been because of the twenty mile per hour winds and the driving rain storm I was fishing in. I even had to laugh at myself as I was fighting this fish and the rain was coming down so hard you couldn't see the other bank. Fortunataly the rain didn't last long and I was able to keep fishing. The rain did reduce the visability in the stream to about 6 inches so I headed up to the Honey hole to try my luck. I ended up switching from the egg I used in the Park to a dark brown wooly bugger and took three fish. I ended up with five fish for the day and one of those a true bruizer. The rainbow in the pic was from a different day, but it was caught in the same spot as the big brown, so I thought I'd post that pic. I wish I'd had a camera for the big brown, but oh well maybe I'll get another.