Dream Stream: Looking for Silver, Finding Gold.

I was looking for big silver Rainbows, but found "gold" in the form of a large Brown. Perhaps it was a resident fish or a "hold over" from the fall migration. Regardless, finding  gold unexpectedly  is always a rich experience.

Ice continues to recede along the Dream Stream. Fish stories emerge from the rivers meanders. Some are stories of prospectors finding an occasional large streak of silver "here and there" but for the most part, it currently seems that the main surge of big lake fish has not begun.

Or, maybe it is because those striking at gold or silver tend to be quite secretive,  as secretive as the fish themselves trying to move up the river.