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The morning started with a hours drive from my home town to a small Erie trib to hook up with a buddy for resident Browns. The first thing we noticed when arriving on the stream was that nothing was the way it was last year. High water had rearranged everything, including the fish. Pitching a worm and split shot into my usual drifts didn't produce so I starting hiking. Switching up to a silver Mepp #2 Aglia tipped with a bit of worm was the ticket and I finally connected with this nice little foot long. My buddy, meanwhile, had connected with a few Browns by presenting his worm and split shot into some calm water at the tail end of a run. WTG Dave. I continued with my spinner/worn combo and caught one of my best resident Browns ever. This nice 16-incher slammed my spinner while I was perched on a steep bank high above. Having to make my way( slipping and sliding )down ther bank, I fought its attempts to wrap me around the creek's numerous snags and got him into the net for a photo for you guys and then the release. . I hope everyone enjoyed their opener as much as I did.