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That's life on a schoonerhttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sheplers.jpgsheplershttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/tying-up.jpgtying upGary in the yellow shirt Jeanie in the blue tee-shirt in the foregroundhttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/second-boat.jpgsecond boatThe Lubie going under the bridge with us and one of the jet skies just off to the lefthttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/rain.jpgrainhttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/lighthouse.jpglighthousehttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bridge.jpgBridgehttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bridge-again.jpgBridge againhttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boats.jpgBoatsThe two freighters following us up the lake all dayhttps://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/boat-3.jpgBoat 3The Stewart J Court The first 1000-foot vessel on the Great Lakes in 1972. 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However, catchable brown trout are stocked in stream reaches where pressure is high as it is in Spring Creek.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0011-e1417390182270.jpgIMG_0011Brook trout are primarily found in small streams and beaver ponds at higher elevations. All the brook trout in the Black Hills are wild.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0010.jpgIMG_0010My son Joe, uses a spinning outfit to try to coax a brown to bite.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0009-e1603224218652.jpgIMG_0009https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0008-e1423237224407.jpgIMG_0008Finally I try a small hex pattern and cast into a rapids and a nice brown hits it immediately.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0007-e1423237205363.jpgIMG_0007Most years there is sufficient water to allow put-and take- management, but during dry years this section may dry up or become too warm to support trout.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0006-e1423237185338.jpgIMG_0006It is a sunny, warm day and I try a smaller tippet and continue to try different patters but to no avail.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0005-e1423237166638.jpgIMG_0005I see cruising Brown Trout in the pools but have no success in getting them to strike on my offerings.https://frsimkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_0004-e1423237147779.jpgIMG_0004My Son Frank Fly Fishing. 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