jifigz
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Today I went and checked out two streams I've never fished. One of them I made a few casts in and decided to bag it. This stream was very narrow and sandy but had depth and decent looking holding spots. I caught no fish here. The next stream was small but gorgeous. Perfect gradient, perfect structure, perfect pools and holding water everywhere. I still didn't catch a fish. I didn't see a fish. I flipped rocks and found various mayfly and caddis larva, but no fish. I tried various flies, but no luck. As I was standing beside an awesome undercut bank on the bend of the creek that also had a gorgeous pool on the bend, I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye. I stood motionless and looked, I saw brown, I thought it was a small deer but it wasn't. Then I realized it, a bobcat! It hopped up on a log looking my direction. I carefully reached in for my phone, it spotted me and stared me down and I stared right back at it. After about 10 seconds, it bolted and vanished. Before it left I got a few pics and a video, though. I've included some lovely stream pics below and the bobcat.
I've spent a ton of time outdoors fishing, hunting, backpacking, etc and this was my first time seeing a bobcat in the wild. I was tickled. The black nose dace streamer I tied on caught nothing and, after only 15 more minutes of fishing, I left feeling pretty happy I chose to go exploring today.
I've spent a ton of time outdoors fishing, hunting, backpacking, etc and this was my first time seeing a bobcat in the wild. I was tickled. The black nose dace streamer I tied on caught nothing and, after only 15 more minutes of fishing, I left feeling pretty happy I chose to go exploring today.
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