and cool summer nights, makes for bug filled afternoons and morning fishing excursions. I slipped away from home for a couple days. Just a couple hours away, but at times I was all alone except for the animals around me. Did not get a photo, but I saw a Bobcat in Iowa, a first for me.
The streams were in good shape, for the most part. Many of Iowa's streams, get much too warm, mid summer, to support a healthy trout population. I prefer to check out the areas where other fishermen fail to go. Doing so is not always a success. High banks, high thick weeds and deep silt welcomed me at one location. Try as I might, I was forced to turn back around, midstream, when I encountered near knee deep, boot sucking, silt. In this section of the stream, the Iowa farm ground had covered over the rocky substrate.
A new location proved to be more successful, yielding a full creel and several meals for the future.
The streams were in good shape, for the most part. Many of Iowa's streams, get much too warm, mid summer, to support a healthy trout population. I prefer to check out the areas where other fishermen fail to go. Doing so is not always a success. High banks, high thick weeds and deep silt welcomed me at one location. Try as I might, I was forced to turn back around, midstream, when I encountered near knee deep, boot sucking, silt. In this section of the stream, the Iowa farm ground had covered over the rocky substrate.
A new location proved to be more successful, yielding a full creel and several meals for the future.
