Did something today I've never done before...Caught Rainbow, Brown, and Brook trout all during the same trip on a local stream here in MD.  I actually caught several Rainbows and Browns and then went searching for the Brookie to go for the trifecta, I've never been able to get all 3 on the same outing.    

 

The Browns live wild in the stream and the Rainbows are mostly stockers...Still unsure why our DNR stocks fish on top of a great wild population...But whatever, they are still fun and many holdover and become what I like to think of as 'half-wild'.  The Brook trout are native and the population is pretty small, they only live in certain parts of the stream and small tributaries.  You have to go out of the way to have a shot at catching one, but they are MD's only native trout so I try every now and then.  Usually come up short but this time I didn't .  

 

Anyone that lives an area with 'real' fly fishing opportunities is probably rolling their eyes, but here in MD there are not too many streams which support all 3 species and most of those are out in western MD...So doing it here in central MD has always been a goal of mine .  (I only fly fish in the winter after tournament season is over, I'm definitely an amateur when comes to the fly rod)

 

#8 Woolly Bugger with a bead-head caught most of the fish today, with a #12 Coachman taking the rest, to include the Brook trout.  

 

A typical Brown for this stream.

 

A cool shot of one of the Rainbows after I released it.

 

The Brook trout that completed the day.

Great job. Now you gotta go and catch a tiger, palomino, bow, brown, and a brook trout. The quest never ends.

And a golden trout. Not sure if they live in marylind

Nice work.  I've done the rainbow/brown/king in a day, but I never caught a brookie.  There's only a few waters here that support them, and they are Great Lakes tribs, so I don't usually hit them.

Nice work. Were you fishing the Gunpowder? 

 

And as for eye rolling... I grew up in northern California where we have some pretty epic fly fishing for trout, steelhead and salmon. After living out here for years I can say that Maryland trout are spooky, to say the least. If you can catch them here, you can catch them anywhere. 

Nice work. Were you fishing the Gunpowder? 

 

And as for eye rolling... I grew up in northern California where we have some pretty epic fly fishing for trout, steelhead and salmon. After living out here for years I can say that Maryland trout are spooky, to say the least. If you can catch them here, you can catch them anywhere. 

 

Not the Gunpowder, this was on the other well known wild stream that's not out in western MD.  I'm not really equipped to fish the Gunpowder effectively...My rods are shorty small stream models and I don't even own waders.  The places I fish are small enough that my gortex boots and rainsuit bibs are enough to keep me dry.  I still need to pick my crossing spots, but it works for me.  By the time I start thinking about buying some waders and a fly rod longer that 7' it's usually late February or early March and I go back into full blown bass mode .  

Not the Gunpowder, this was on the other well known wild stream that's not out in western MD.  I'm not really equipped to fish the Gunpowder effectively...My rods are shorty small stream models and I don't even own waders.  The places I fish are small enough that my gortex boots and rainsuit bibs are enough to keep me dry.  I still need to pick my crossing spots, but it works for me.  By the time I start thinking about buying some waders and a fly rod longer that 7' it's usually late February or early March and I go back into full blown bass mode .  

Looks like you found a good spot to put that gear to the test. Haven't been chasing the trout much this year. I'll get back into it when it gets really cold, I suppose. 

Triple Crown good job! I have only done that a few times, not sure if I have ever caught all 3 wild, definitely 2/3 were wild.

Nice! Lots of streams here in CO have those 3 plus cutthroats, but I've only ever caught 2 at a time.