It was cold and foggy as I set out towards my destination. I was headed to a place that I had not been to in a little while. This creek does not hold large fish; however it had a good population of feisty little redbands. This was the exact place I wanted to try out my new rod at.






I reached the parking area and got my gear out. The morning air was cold and damp and the sun was behind the clouds. As I hiked up the trail I noticed that some of the graffiti had been removed as well as some of the trash. This was a welcome site as I felt like I was the only one that ever picked garbage up at this place.








After a little while I reached my destination. I unpacked my gear and got set up. I decided to start the day off with a #14 royal wulf (not that it really matters at this place). I began to cast my new rod and was very happy with how I was able to throw line with it. After a few casts I saw the tell tale splash and it was fish on. The little redband put a nice bend in the rod. I will say that I really enjoyed the feel of the rod with these little feisty fish.








After catching quite a few on the wulf I decided to change to a #14 EHC. I had the same results with this fly as I did with the wulf. However out of all of the flies that I messed around with the good ole #16 parachute adams produced the most activity on this day.







After catching so many of these little guys that I lost count I decided to see how the new rod did with nymphs and other large subsurface flies. As I expected it performed about the same as my TXL. However on a side note I did find it quite funny when one of the little redbands took the #8 stonefly nymph I was throwing. These guys may be small but I personally just love the colors on them and they do put up a fight for their size.









I hiked back to the vehicle and packed up my gear. I headed back to my house where my family was waiting. You see it was Halloween and the kids were all excited. After a little while it was time for tric or treating. We all had a blast and we got a lot of candy.




Overall I am really impressed with my new rod. I was able to do what I wanted to do with it and it has an amazing fish on feel. It does feel quite a bit different than my TXL. It is hard for me to say which one I like better as I like them for different reasons. I will say though that this is a good stick and I am extremely happy with it.

curious Sasha...ever try using a 7 weight on these fish? you'll get em in quicker you know. nice to see you back to posting pics of smaller fish instead of those pigs like in your last report.

You know ed I thought about taking my 9WT. Ah hell I think I will sell all my rods and just get a 16WT. That way I can fish it everywhere

As far as the fish well I wanted to go out for a quick trip to a quiet spot. Plus I am not touching that other river for a bit you know the fish in drag are doing their thing right now. I also wanted to see what those little guys felt like on the SPL.

I can't find Halloween Creek in my atlas or any of my fishing books.

Wow, those are nice fish. The last time I was at El Rio de Brinca the largest fish in there was 3 inches long, those in your pics are at least twice that size. Nice job.

Glad you like the new rod, man, I know you were wanting one for a while. Pretty little baitfish, I mean trout
Let's go catch some big fish soon!
I like pretty little fish, but at heart, I'm a hog hound.

Yea you know me I love my little creeks with my wuss rods But you really know that I like all different types of fishing. Well with the exception of carp and other trash fish (incase some don't know the wink smiley means that I am joking around and not being serious).

All kidding aside I was just glad that I was able to get out for a bit even if they were all dinks. Vegas is wearing real thin on me. Actually I am packing now as my next flight down there leaves at 0700.

Talking about big fish we need to hit Florida for some poons, now that would be frickin rad. Someone was telling me that it is not that bad as far as getting a guide etc........


Dammit I just noticed that I exceeded my bandwidth on one of my photobucket accounts and my pics are gone till the 6th.