Recently I got a Chance to get out my fly rod and go fishing a a tiny trout stream in Elk County, PA. I decided to make it more about photo taking than fishing and, trust me, no fish were harmed in the making of these photos. The first thing you notice about streams that are suitable for native wild trout is the fact that they are heavily forested over. Little sunlight reaches this creek. Since the water sees little sunlight from the time it emerges from ground until the stream wanders into more open farm country it is pretty cold. As you can see from the picture, at this time of year the flow of the stream is low and slow. there aren't a lot of nutrients for fish and consequently the fish are small. The wild brook trout are from four to six inches generally. To find one bigger is rare. They are survivors and therefore spooky when it comes to trying to present a dry fly. So while I saw fish here and there and on two occasions I entice...