Patch №239

Priya's first fish

“Trip seven. The regs page worked.”

SPECIES: Rainbow trout
WATER: Tailwater
MONTH: June
FLY: Zebra midge

We teach the method and never name the creek — house rule № 04. Water type only.

ELSEWHERE ON THE WALL

Maya, 26 — Brown trout on a No 16 Adams№241
Sam, 34 — Bluegill on a Foam beetle№240

The patch cannot be bought.

Catch your first fish on a fly, tell the wall what happened, and it gets numbered and mailed. It is the one piece of Smolt that no amount of money buys, which is the entire point of it.

See the Wall Start Trip One

WHAT COUNTS

01Any species. A bluegill counts. A bluegill absolutely counts.
02On a fly, on a fly rod, caught by you.
03Wet hands in the photograph. House rule № 02.