Went micro-flyfishing on a new section of a creek I had fished a few times earlier this year.
As I reached the water and began to get my gear ready to fish, I looked downstream and saw something swimming awkwardly in the water. It was a Box Turtle (Three-toed). It reached the bank, but the bank was nearly vertical, so I waded downstream to help the turtle get up on shore. He was a handsome fella!
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| Male Three-toed Box Turtle |
I then decided to fish my way upstream. I was fishing a pool about 50' or so upstream of the first turtle, when I saw another (female?) Three-toed Box Turtle on the bank. She didn't appear in need of assistance, so I took a few pics and walked on around her and kept fishing my way upstream. She didn't seem too worried about me.
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| Three-toed Box Turtle |
It's a pretty creek....some sand, some rock...some limestone bluffs near the creek in some spots.
I saw a large hornet/wasp/bee nest in a tree along the creek.
Fishing was decent. I caught good numbers of Striped Shiners, Creek Chubs, Blackstripe and Blackspotted Topminnows, plus Bluegills, Green Sunfish, Longear Sunfish, a Mottled Sculpin, a Southern Redbelly Dace, a Bleeding Shiner, and some Redfin Shiners.
Striped Shiners:
Creek Chubs:
Blackstripe and Blackspotted Topminnows:
Mottled Sculpin:
Bleeding Shiner:
Southern Red-belly Dace:
Longear Sunfish:
Bluegill (so tiny!):
Green Sunfish (also tiny!):
Redfin Shiners:
I caught a few "doubles".... fish on both the lead fly and the micro fly. It was usually 2 Striped Shiners, but not always. Its interesting to me when I get 2 different species at once! In the case below.... a Creek Chub and a Longear Sunfish:
Creek Chubs:
Mottled Sculpin:
