Short story of a brookie

I've been back from a weekend trip for the past couple days and have been swamped with and busy with work and other neglected chores.  So I plan on getting the full trip report up but do not want to rush it as the trip was one filled with memorable moments with good friends.  I will set the scene though.  A friend and me were fishing a wild rainbow and brookie stream Saturday morning.  This stream was a rhodo choked stream with every deep pool giving up a fat health bow or brookie.  The bug life in this stream was amazing and the added wet summer this year has made the trout in this stream fat and healthy.  I was amazed by the quality of the fish in this trickle of a stream that is often over looked in this area. 

It was getting around 1 pm and had planned to meet back up with group we were staying with at 1:30 for fishing a second stream.  Unfortunately it is hard to leave a stream that is getting better and better as you go up it.  It got to the point were we had to get off the stream but there was about 4 or 5 good pools ahead and my friend and me both called a couple from a distance that we wanted to fish before we head off.  Occasionally the "one more fish" routine pays off, and I got luckily with the pool that I called to fish.  It was by no means the best pool we fished for the day.  It was a little plunge pool that was about 3 ft in diameter and a foot deep.  There were pools in this stream 15 ft long and 6 ft across so this was by no means an outstanding pool of the day.  I cast a sized 16 stimulator up into the white riffles leading into the pool and as the fly drifted past the white water and into the meat of the pool I had a little sip.  I was about 15 ft back so I did not get a good look at the fish as he took my dry.  As I set the hook the fish exploded with a long line of bright red/orange in the pool and my friend and me simultaneously said "that's a good fish".  After a short but good fight, I brought the brookie to the net and admired the fish with a couple picture for my future recollections. 

Friend's Photo of the fish.

 I will post up the whole report in a day or two but just wanted to share a story of this brook trout.  Thanks for reading.