The Elusive Brown Trout
I think about fly fishing everyday. I think about bugs everyday. I think about flies I need to tie in preparation for a trip, river, or time of year, everyday. That being said, I think about brown trout more than anything else in regard to fly fishing, everyday. Brown trout are special. They're stealthy, extremely intelligent, hard fighting, gorgeous, clever, bullish, and downright nasty at times. I have witnessed brown trout emulate every other type of trout while still staying true to themselves. Around the onset of fall one September evening several years ago on the main stem of the Delaware River there was a sparse hatch of Ephoron's occurring above the takeout at Buckingham. Some anglers just refer to them as "white flies", but the best thing about them is they're visible, especially right before dark. The water temperature was ideal, but at a small inlet my good friend Nixie and I saw a big fish sipping on these flies right at the tail out. The water
