Wild SC stream

[troutphisher]

I fished a stream in western South Carolina today. This is a wild free stone stream, at about 2600ft elevation.

The air temp was 68 when I started at 8:00am this morning, the water temp was a cool 65. This surprised me given the elevation, but the stream does have a good canopy cover. The water was slightly stained.

I started the day looking under some rocks and figuring out what to fish.
I saw lots of caddis and mayfly nymphs. The nymphs were sizes 20 to 14 and were plentiful. The caddis were mostly rock rollers and were small size 18.

I started fishing a #14 ptn in the pockets and seams. I soon hooked up with some small bows, most were in the 4" -6" range, I did spook one that looked to be near 12". He was in the shade of the canopy, and when I noticed it, it  was to late, I watched it race up stream like a rocket.

I fished the rest of the morning and early afternoon with PTN's and caddis and caught lots of little fish. By 1:30 the temp was 90 and I had a mile hike out threw a utility easement. That was one of the hottest hikes I have had.
It was down right miserable, and of course I had nothing to drink. So when I got back to the car I was ready to pass out.

I don't think I'll fish this stream again until January.

Here are some pics of the day.