I remember the day my water pump stopped working. Everything else became non-important. The trout will still be there (some where) but the water needs to be there for you.
Fortunately it's not a house issue. Here's the backstory on the hydrant. I have a shop that has an attached shed. The shed is decrepit and will probably be torn down this fall. The problem is there is a cold water facet the has the potential to freeze up with the attendant chaos resulting. I've used a heat lamp the last two winters and needed a better solution. Hence the installation of a field hydrant that keeps the water below the frost line when it is shut. We shall see this winter if that was a wise decision...
Beautiful brookie Tom. I went up to another small creek you and I have discussed (a bit further south) and it was really really low. I caught one nice brookie and then decided that I didn’t feel good about fishing for them since they were restricted to the holes. Beautiful day and that was good enough.
Most of my weeks end up like this. Luckily like you I have lots of pictures of trout.
Work is the curse of the fishing class... ;-)
I remember the day my water pump stopped working. Everything else became non-important. The trout will still be there (some where) but the water needs to be there for you.
Fortunately it's not a house issue. Here's the backstory on the hydrant. I have a shop that has an attached shed. The shed is decrepit and will probably be torn down this fall. The problem is there is a cold water facet the has the potential to freeze up with the attendant chaos resulting. I've used a heat lamp the last two winters and needed a better solution. Hence the installation of a field hydrant that keeps the water below the frost line when it is shut. We shall see this winter if that was a wise decision...
Definitely a better way.
Yeah, I can see the necessary task might not compare to a day on the water :)
I very much prefer a flyrod to a shovel and rake... ;-)
Is that a gas line?
Nope, a waterline, thankfully. I updated the article this morning to show the end result.
Beautiful brookie Tom. I went up to another small creek you and I have discussed (a bit further south) and it was really really low. I caught one nice brookie and then decided that I didn’t feel good about fishing for them since they were restricted to the holes. Beautiful day and that was good enough.
A beautiful day is good enough indeed.