With the Heavy rains in the middle of the week throughout New Jersey, I decided to head north up to one of my favorite wild trout streams in the state. It was about ten degrees colder at the stream then at my home about an hour and fifteen minutes away. Air in the mid 20's, and the first day of icy guides. I fished my 6' Phillipson glass rod, and started with a special streamer pattern. Special, because of its creator Ken Lockwood, who the Gorge in Califon, NJ is named after. The "Ken Lockwood Streamer," was good for two wild rainbows, one of which, was my personal best wild bow for NJ.
For the majority of the day I nymphed deeper runs with a pink san juan worm, down to a zebra midge. The high water in the small creek provided excellent pools and runs, and the trout were striking in both fast and slow water, everywhere. Mostly wild bows, but a couple beautiful wild browns thrown in the mix too. A cold, but wonderful Fall day.
First of the day and a personal best
Wild Gold
Beautiful par marks
Downstream
This hole produced one
