Tenkara, June 19, 2017 -- one hour, many fish

I went out this morning and fished for one hour. I wanted to see how many trout I could hook in that amount of time from a stretch of creek that I had not previously ever fished. Because I had never fished that section, I didn't where the fish were.

This morning was bright blue sky and 73°F. There was no appreciable breeze. It was just plain lovely.

I drove to my previously chosen spot, parked the car and grabbed my rod. I wet waded, and had already had my stuff on, so I walked to the edge of the creek, extended the rod and made my first cast. Within two casts I was into my first trout -- a nice wild brown.

I worked my way upstream and at the end of one hour had taken over 12 trout. Most were browns, but one was a very nice cutthroat. I'm not sure how far I fished, but I think it was about 100 yards.

At the end of one hour I got out of the stream, walked back to my car, and drove home. It was a very successful outing!