So one facet of fishing obsessiveness is mapping the streams, pools, holding water, stream segments, etc. I’d been assuming that I’d only gotten down Bear Creek partway to the confluence with Brush, and also that the huge upstream stocking pool was the upstream limit of the fishable segment. Wrong on both counts. It turns out the big beaver dam downstream actually receives flow from both Bear and Brush and marks the confluence of the two streams. So the section bordering the downstream field is actually Brush Creek, after Bear flows into it. And it’s probably private property lacking an easement. Sorry, landowner, I didn’t mean to trespass. Further, there is a bit more stream marked as catchable water upstream from the huge stocking pool. A project for next time will be fishing up there to see if there is any more upstream holding water. I don’t think there is any track access to it, so it can’t be directly stocked, but maybe some trout have made their way up. Below is a Google Earth image of the catchable section with annotations, not that anyone asked/cares. Click to embiggen.
