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Back in California, I used to fish trout all over the place, but mostly in the foothills above my house, and then along the eastern slope of the Sierras, north of Bishop. But I never actually tried fly-fishing, although I do use flies. I always used micro-mini reels and short flexible rods, because those were best suited for fishing the small tributary streams where all the brook trout hid. I always used 2 lb test line, and I would often tie up a dry fly and float it down the stream. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

The prettiest trout I ever caught was a German Brown with bright pink spots against an olive green body. I caught him in a beaver pond.

But I rarely ever spent enough time fishing on larger bodies of water and larger streams and rivers where there is room to cast a fly rod, so I never bothered to invest in the gear. But it does intrigue me.