"Small Brook", Catskills, New York

This brook is a small tributary of a larger river in the heart of the Catskills mountains. The brookies and browns that hold in its small pools are very spooky and require a stealthy approach.

I caught this young brookie off of a size 16 rusty spinner. He and a few other brookies were holding right next to the bank of a 4" deep, slow moving pool. I had to roll cast to them while hiding my body behind a bush.