I had a little free time this afternoon, so I visited a local stream close to my home. The good news is I hooked a few much larger fish this time, and one that I hooked and saw was probably about 14in broke me off in a tangle of sticks. I only fished an hour.

I broke out the 3 weight:


and saw tons of these little black stones, some as small as a 20:


The fishing was fantastic! Here's my "big" fish:


Here's another one with the magic fly:


and a few others: