08-08-2003, 04:33 PM
[cool]Hey, JapanRon, you are talking about an area in which I used to spend a lot of great fishing time. I usually fished the top part of the lake at daybreak, for bass and crappies, in the trees, and then took my flyrod up the river to exercise some trout. Had some stretches that I could stand in one spot and release one rainbow after another, on a variety of flies...mostly hatchery pets, of course. But, with larger flies, fished in the deeper runs and holes, I also hooked some nice big browns and more than a few of those big squawfish that live throughout the river.
I don't know if you ever left the main Kern and hiked up any of the tributary streams, but Brush Creek is one worth checking out. There are a series of deep holes in the lower portion, each with one or more LARGE browns. Then, above where the little creek pours over a couple of low falls, the fish are all wild rainbows with a few browns and further up, even a brookie or two.
Great country up there. And, if you get away from where the hatchery trucks dump their loads...followed by the bait dunkers...you can find some decent troutin'. Good memories.
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I don't know if you ever left the main Kern and hiked up any of the tributary streams, but Brush Creek is one worth checking out. There are a series of deep holes in the lower portion, each with one or more LARGE browns. Then, above where the little creek pours over a couple of low falls, the fish are all wild rainbows with a few browns and further up, even a brookie or two.
Great country up there. And, if you get away from where the hatchery trucks dump their loads...followed by the bait dunkers...you can find some decent troutin'. Good memories.
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