So I am at home bored out of my skull. Its 6:45 PM and I decide to hit the creek for a few minutes. I walked down sans waders knowing there were probably about 2 or 3 spots I could fish without getting my feet wet. And then I remembered the springpool. It was half grown over with that floating algae, you know the kind that mats on the surface. I did notice that a small current was going through the 2 foot deep pool and it made a sort of u-shape in the algae. I crept up slowly on my knees and dropped my caddis larva ever so softly into the u. As soon a it hit the bootom there was a dark green flash and my rod started to bend. I set the hook and the fish pulled my line farther under the mat. After about 5 minutes (or so it seemed) I managed to pull him out from under the mat and lift him into the grass. This was the darkest trout I ever caught and probably the second largest I've caught in my little creek. Here he is:

On a side note, I caught a simialr fish in that pool last year but he was much smaller. I am wondering if this could be the same guy as there is really no way for a fish that size to get in or out of there. What do you think?