i went up yesterday afternoon to try a new section of local river that comes out of a reservoir and i've found some good fish in down lower. total bust. everything in the upper canyon area was absolutely covered in a weird, felt-like, tanish algae. water looked off color but i think it was just the bottom. i had a couple of 4-5 inch fish flash in one pocket, and saw a couple frogs. i should have come in lower, oh well. it was a couple miles in so i spent most of my outing walking in and out of the canyon and getting a little exercise. on the way back down, i stopped and worked about 100 yard section of a very small trib that i knew held very small fish, and picked up a few 6-7 inch fish on ehc. i was focused on a nice plunge pool with some depth that gave up a couple fish to the dries but i felt had to have more to give. i was in the woods and the sun was starting to go down so i tied on a heavy beaded caddis larvae, no indicator, and did one high-stick through from the top. leader bounced right in the sweet spot and i set up - i was hopeful for a 9-10 fish that these creeks sometimes surrender, but i could feel instantly this was considerably heavier. one of the better fish-size-to-creek-size ratio trout i have taken, and really a magnificent beauty - perfect in every way. gauged against my rod i think it was ~13"-14"