How would you fish this creek?

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

Ok, so how would everyone fish this creek? I must admit I've only really been fishing plunge pools lately and I need some advice on this.

General info:
1. Its a state stocked creek with Browns.
2. The stream averages 12-18" deep, and it is generally rocky bottom.
3. Access can only be had from position #1.
4. The far side of the bank has no access, as it is a solid wall of evergreens (2)
5. The pool is long and very clear, with little to no surface movement.
6. No risers
7. Position 5 is a shallow riffle, graduating to a deep run (8-12"). The left side of the run is a riffle also.
8. Position 4 is a deep pool, from 2-3' deep. The fallen tree roots provide undercut.

Generally the structure above and below the diagram is very similar.

 

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

Ok since no one bit, I'll tell you what I did. I came in on the bank, rigged for a long leader with an indicator. I fished up stream, in the long slack water, working the stream left to right, moving up about 20 feet at a time. Once to the run I fished it close. Worked it near to far, then crossed over and fished the pool, from the close side, to the undercut side. I blanked the whole way. I was fishing a small nymph in the dropper, and an emerger on the tag.

Onec the pool failed, I switched to a streamer, then fished back down stream all the way to the bridge.

Very clear water, so I think the slack water may have been spooked the moment I tried to fish it.

Nothing. I didn't even see a flash or anything. Did I approach wron, was it a bad day?

 

[golden beetle]

Dude, what the hell is this thread?

You seriously asking how I would fish that f'n SKETCH?

 

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

Ahh, the infamous golden beetle. Yep. asking, how you would have approached it. It's a sketch but in think it's something to discuss. I promise you, no trout were tortured in grass or otherwise.

I'm new to this, looking for advice.

 

[AKSkim]

Sometimes you just have to leave it up on the board longer.

I know....

 

[nsdrawbridge10]

dont worry about the beetle man hes kinda a douchebag and u jus shouldnt listen to him brother.

 

[golden beetle]

Ahh, the infamous golden beetle. Yep. asking, how you would have approached it. It's a sketch but in think it's something to discuss. I promise you, no trout were tortured in grass or otherwise.

I'm new to this, looking for advice.

Bcbt, you seem like a good guy.

Let me suggest that you post a second, more detailed sketch.

Once you do, I will gladly propose my methods for attacking the sketch.

 

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

What specifics are you looking for? Its a pretty simple diagram, because honestly its a pretty simple stretch of water.

I was having issues with the approach mostly. Admittedly I'm not a slack water fisherman. Where I've been honing my skill is basically plunge pools. I don't know what to do with large clear slack water, that's only 1-1.5 foot deep. Is this fish desert?

 

[Pete]

I suspect that sections 3 and 4 aren't as featureless as the sketch implies. Unless the stream is very narrow, there's going to be some variation in the current.

Fish the "bubble line" where faster current meets slow or slack water. Fish will rest in the slow water, near the fast water, waiting for the current to bring them food.

The sketch gives me an idea of where this is in areas 5 and 6, but areas 3 and 4 need more detail.

I'm not sure how to interpret the rendition of area 7. Again it seems too uniform to reflect real life.

In the absence of any surface activity, I'd be inclined to use nymphs, or perhaps a nymph/streamer combination.

 

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

Area 3 really is pretty featureless. A long straight stretch of slack water. Dish shaped across, with the center being the deepest. All flat stone bottom. I streamer fished it and the streamer takes a long time to swing below my position. Very slow water.

Area 4 is a deep pool (for this creek) with the deepest area at the bottom of the fallen tree roots. Those tree roots form a vertical wall that behaves pretty much like an undercut bank. The pool had pretty fast water, that distorted any visual bottom cues. Fishing position for it is only the "inside curve"

Really I plan on getting a WP point and shoot. Until then, this is it. I have a shitty work phone camera thats worse than the sketch.

 

[HeadlessVerseman]

I would euro the riffles, direct upstream presentation graduating towards up and across as you move across the riffles, left bank to right bank. I would switch to a dry dropper set up for 3, you said it has little movement, is crystal clear, etc.

I could be wrong, but thats what I would try anyway.

 

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

I've done some research, I think the long flats are fish barren. Unless there's a significant hatch I think it's just to shallow and flat to provide any shelter. I have a chnce to fish it again soon, so I'll try you recommendations.

 

[HeadlessVerseman]

If the long flats are barren, you could skip fishing them, and use them as access points to better euro the riffles, if it is manageable. It would put you in a better upstream position, versus working it up and across towards a 45. If they held fish, dry dropper is the way to go on clear, glass still water. Aaron jasper, I think AJfromNJ on here, recently published a really good article on the matter. I have been practicing with dry dropper fishing for sometime, but am just beginning to really understand what can be done with it.