Smiths Creek DH

I recently made a visit on a cold Spring day to Smiths Creek DH. I signed in at the State Park Inn and proceed to the parking area below the dam. It had been raining, so the stream was up but still very fishable. There were a few fly fisherman, and watching them; they were doing well with wet drys and trout worms. They mostly just used the length of the rod to let the "fly" float downstream, good method in a small stream. I walked a distance down to get out of their way and only had one come down to the first spot I picked after about an 30 minutes.

I must say, I'm impressed with this place. It has good trail access along the stream. I continued down stream and soon found no one other than hikers on the trail. The fishing was good. I caught about ten in about two hours. There are some good pools, perfect casting angles for spinner fisherman even from the bank. It had some larger trout as most DH areas do. I caught a colorful Brown Trout. The photo does not do this trout justice.

I also caught a nice Rainbow Trout. It plopped off as soon as I got landed it. It recovered well.

I use Roostiertails, but I remove the treble hook and replace it with single Aberdeen Hook. I like the Aberdeens, since the shank is long with thin wire, thus is easy to de-hook. I walked about 3/4 miles down in total which is about 1/2 of total DH length. So there is more to explore! For such good fishing, there were just a few fisherman there. Try it out and be safe!