I made it to Otter Creek this afternoon. I'm new to fly fishing and it showed today! I had easily 8 good hits and only caught one. There were very small (4in. or smaller) fish jumping clear out of the water all over the place. I can't rule out that these could be spawning/feeding shad, but the ones I saw seemed to look like trout. In fact, one seemed to have the coloring of a brown trout. I really didn't think Otter Creek had anything but rainbows in it. For there to be such small trout, it seems that they would have to be spawning, which I didn't think they did in P-G-T streams.

Regardless, I think I need smaller dry flies. I saw hundreds of trout hit the surface today and I'd guess they were eating these tiny midges flitting around. I also noticed 4-5 different insects in the air today, instead of just one type on Otter Creek a few weeks ago. Wouldn't this mean the trout should get less selective? Not my experience today! Don't even ask how many flies I lost to overhanging branches! All in all, a great afternoon on the creek followed by a night of watching basketball. Complaints? What complaints? Life is good!