A quick half hour

[Andy135]

We're having a family getaway this weekend and I managed to find a half hour to myself so I wandered down the lane to a secluded brook with fly rod in hand. 

After a few flicks I had a missed bite, closely followed by a take but the fish shook the hook. Next cast into the same spot and this little chap graced the bank. Absolutely beautiful little wild brown trout. Definitely not the biggest, but totally wild and with lovely vivid markings. A quick photo then back he went, then back home I went.

 

[jonnyswamp]

There's a small brook near me that we used to tickle trout out of just like that (40 odd yrs ago 🙄) they somehow navigated very high waterfalls to get where we caught them

They were as far up as just before the source way up a mountain, miraculous how they got there

[Davemc]

What a beauty!