Fly Fishing for pre spawn Brook Trout! This is fly fishing at it's finest.
Fall in the Appalachian Mountains is magical. The air cools, the water temperature drops, and the brook trout come alive and start moving up the creeks to prepare to spawn. As the leaves change colors… so do the brook trout. And it could be argued that there is no more beautiful fish in the world. The patterns on a native brook trout are mesmerizing and their colors are incredible.
I will often times state the opinion that the brook trout is the most beautiful fish on earth. But I want to specify that not all brook trout have the ability to carry that title. Most stocked brook trout, and even the brook trout I’ve seen out west, couldn’t sit in the same room with a native Appalachian brook trout. The blue halos, pumpkin orange bellies, and pink spots set these fish apart from the rest. There is truly nothing else like it.
This video was dedicated to the native Appalachian brook trout, which in most areas in the northeast have started spawning by now. In other words it’s best to leave them alone for a month or two just to let them do their thing, so that there are plenty of brook trout in the streams for years to come. These fish are the gems of the Appalachians and should be treated as such.
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