#98

On the way to Walla Walla and back for Melinda's cross country meet, I took advantage of a beautiful fall day to visit an old friend (Touchet near Dayton) and a new friend (Mill Creek near Walla Walla) and in the process picked up my 98th stream in Washington where I have caught trout.

Starting on the Touchet, I had a couple hours of bliss, catching fish pretty much continually through the first stretch of water, then finding it more spotty further up.  Probably 50 or 60 or so in the couple hours ranging from about 4" to 10", with quite a few in the 9" to 10" range.  Split between the stimulator (size 8 or 10?) and the rubber-legged prince (size 18).  They psycho prince also caught some, but the x-leg prince was chewed down to the hook.

Touchet River - caught a bunch in this stretch



Nice Touchet trout

After Mel ran at the cross country meet at Fort Walla Walla (and bettered her time by 2 min 30 sec from last week), I took off to investigate possible access to Mill Creek, a new stream to me while she watched the rest of the grades run and took the bus home.  Just outside town I found easy access to a pretty stretch of the creek and again found myself alone with a beautiful stream and willing trout.  Almost everything here was on the stimulator, with the fish consistently about 5" to 8".  Much smaller stream than the Touchet, but pretty water, lots of nice holes.  I'm glad I came looking.  A great way to end the day.

Stream #98 - Mill Creek, Walla Walla county