Of all the streams/creeks/rivers/coulees I have fished in the Driftless, the Bad Axe River stands alone as the best large trout factory.
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| Best Driftless Brown |
My most recent trip a was able to hook up with a fish on my first cast, throw some hefty streamers, and catch large brown trout on a 6" articulated streamer.
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| Off to a good start |
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| the articulated leech |
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| Mmmm, peanut butter bacon sandwich |
But, why the heck would a 14 inch brown trout attack or try to eat a streamer almost half its size. The answer came while I was fishing a small leech, after the articulated leech that I was throwing broke into 2 pieces. I caught a creek chub. It ate my leech and I pulled in a 6" chub. After letting the little guy go, and after I had caught a good number of fish already, I decided to throw on the largest streamers in my box. They happen to be a Mike's Meal Ticket that I tied myself on size 2 hooks. The first cast with that huge streamer the river exploded as a large brown trout smacked the fish imitation and missed. After I caught my breath I preceded to catch the 2 largest trout of the day and miss one more in the last 10 minutes of the fishing trip.
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| So that's why the trout eat my giant streamer! |
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| victim of Mike's Meal Ticket |
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| Swam away a wiser fish |
Why didn't I have on that beastly Mike's Meal Ticket in the first place? I will from now on.
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