I'd have to say I've fished most of the Whitewater valley. In fact, there's not too much water I've not probed pretty thoroughly. Anyway, after a nice afternoon the day before I wanted to catch my first rainbow trout of the year. The spot I chose was the middle branch of the Whitewater River above the State Park campground. When I arrived there was a couple of guys already working the stretch I wanted to fish so I walked downstream under the bridge. Almost immediately my spinner (yes, again I just wanted to catch some fish) was smashed by a little brownie.
The day was cloudy and cold and the other two guys walked with the slumped shoulders of unsuccessful anglers. I spoke with them briefly and mentioned I'd seen a few, small black caddis coming off at West Indian Creek the day before but nothing impressive. There was swarms of gnats coming off the still water and birds were slamming them but I saw no sign of any fish feeding. I quickly fished through the water the other guys had covered up to the next bridge where I usually stop. Immediately upstream is some slack water and shallow riffles and isn't very inviting but because I had not been out close to long enough to call it a day I decided to head upstream. I'm very glad I did.
Around the corner from the crappy water there is a nice pool and I hooked my second fish and as I went upstream I had a regular diet of follows and hookups. The fish weren't quite on and they weren't as aggressive as I'd have liked but I still managed seven brownies. My quest for rainbows wasn't realized but I did briefly hook at least three and one good one was on for several seconds before snagging me on an overhanging tree branch. Oh well. Before I was ready to quite I had to make my way back to the car as I needed to get home for Jessica to go to work. I was a little disappointed to have not fished this water before but I'm sure I'll be fishing it again soon.
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