As I was driving home from Duluth on Monday morning I wondered how much rain had fallen on the central part of the state on Saturday and Sunday. While no amount of rain would ever keep me from going fishing the amount of rain that has fallen definitely helps me decide where I will fish.
Nobody has their finger on the pulse of Driftless Trout like Nick Brevitz and it wasn't long before I had him on the line. I was actually quite surprised that I didn't catch him in the act of fishing but a broken car and a bevy of unreliable friends had him stranded at home for the day.
"Please come pick me up and take me with you!", Nick whined sounding more like a seven year girl than a strapping 20 year old dude.
Actually I think I may have been the one to suggest that we team up. I was able to put up with him for a week in late June of this year when we traveled north to the Nipigon so I figured putting up with him for one more day wouldn't be all that bad.
I arrived at Nick's house at 1:04pm just as he had finished running a few errands for his parents and we were on our way. Sometime in August I had misplaced my Wisconsin fishing license so we made a visit to Wal-Mart in Hudson to pick up a duplicate.
We arrived at our destination sometime between 2:00 and 3:00 where we immediately put some distance between ourselves and the bridge.
Nick started catching trout immediately on his number 9 Panther Martin brand spinner. Over the course of the summer I've probably seen him land 100 trout on that savage apparatus.
While Brown Trout are not particularly common on this stretch the Yellow Sex Dungeon is a proverbial Brown Trout magnet. Bam first cast. Brown Trout.
I was so happy.
Nick was happy too despite his choice of head wear. I wonder if anyone has told him that the Detroit Tigers are currently the last place team in the storied American League Central Division.
Nice Brookie.
6 comments:
Those brookies are beautiful fellas! Did you ever do a blog post on your trip to the Nip?
I intended to do a write up on our Nipigon Trip shortly after we returned but July ended up being a really busy month. My new plan is to do it sometime this fall. I have it all in my head I just need to type it out.
Cool! I can't wait.
FACT CHECK: I am not sure where you got your misinformation. I have caught triple plays of trout here in Colorado multiple times and I know a LOT of other guys who have as well. I have on multiple occasions hit grand slams also(add the cut throat or cut-bow to your trifecta). In fact this weekend on a front range stream I took a brown, brooky, and bow in a day. Its actually fairly common in certain rivers in the Rockies. Nice work anyway though. It is a very special thing to hit the trifecta, but just an FYI, not anywhere as rare as you are claiming here.
Thanks for the input. I was joking when I depicted the trifecta as being an ultra rare event.
Dude he's kidding... That said, if you want a challenge, go catch a Driftless Grand Slam in one day with natural fish. I've done it once, never met anyone else who has done it...
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