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Most of my weeks end up like this. Luckily like you I have lots of pictures of trout.

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Work is the curse of the fishing class... ;-)

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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.

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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...

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Definitely a better way.

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Sep 7Liked by Tom Sadler

Yeah, I can see the necessary task might not compare to a day on the water :)

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I very much prefer a flyrod to a shovel and rake... ;-)

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Is that a gas line?

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Sep 7·edited Sep 7Author

Nope, a waterline, thankfully. I updated the article this morning to show the end result.

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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.

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A beautiful day is good enough indeed.

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