A Little Suprise Today

With the kids heading back to school tomorrow, I took today off and we headed to a favorite wild place on Harpers Creek. As an after thought I threw in my 3wt and a fly box. I gotta say, waving that little rod around after throwing the 8wt in Alaska felt awkward. I told the kids to swim in the lower pool so I could fish the upper plunge pool. 3 casts in this plunge pool from a spectacular water fall and I hooked a nice 11" rainbow. He had a little girth on him, for a wild NC 'bo, actually pulled so hard I though it might be a small mouth. So why tempt fate, I put the rod up after that cast (well, truth be told, I had tippet on that was deteriorated and I lost my fly on the next cast)... Makes me look forward to some fall outings on these little wild trout waters.