Some trout advice

[zaknorman75]

Hi everybody,

I'm looking for some general advice on the flatbrook river for trout. I've been fishing the high traffic area's during the spring, but with hunting coming to a close I just recently have started trying my hand at winter trout'in due to some cabin fever.

I've been working on where the no-kill stretch begins, opposite of the Roy bridge. This Saturday I took a pretty far walk down the path and was throwing trout magnets in every pool I could find. Connected on a few rainbows hanging out under a boulder below a dropoff. One was pretty decent and some great colors, and even gave a jump out of the water.

First question, is that entire stretch of river going towards roy bridge known to hold fish? Clearly it's miles long but I had my doubts of what could possibly hold back there with how low that stretch of the river was back in the fall. I walked a ways back but eventually stopped as I hit a section of river where the river took a hard turn and it looked like they did some work in pulling out fallen trees, because they were piled up along the shoreline in numbers. I wanted to keep going but what I saw in my immediate view was a lot of frozen water and it looked like the river became significantly narrower? If anyone has any idea what I'm talking about... lol. Just curious if anyone journeys back there.. I heard its about 4 miles of winding river.

Worth noting.. on the hike back to the parking lot I sprung a hen. Wasn't expecting that, almost had a heartattack.. lol

Thanks in advance for any advice I may receive.