I was fishing Trammel Creek where it goes under I think 31 E .. I was trying to catch some early spring trout. I was drifting a worm down the current and something hit the worm. I set the hook and apparently the line caught on a bur on the eye and broke.
I went back to the tackle box and restrung and rebaited and was walking up the creek when I noticed the bobber staying in one place, going up and down about 4 feet past a big log laying crossways in the creek. Somehow the line got caught on the log. I started to ignore it and then started thinking that some fish would hang itself up and I waded in to get the line and bobber. When I pulled on the line it tugged back. I slowly pulled the line between my fingers on my left hand and something swam between my legs. Having seen several eels caught on Barren Below the dam I was a bit worried especially when the critter got to my hand as I pulled it in. It was long and slimy... and my FIRST EVER Rainbow Trout..
And that is my story and I am sticking too it.
Jim Dicken