Ambitious little buggers, aren't they. Great pix, thanks for sharing. Only had one opportunity to fish the cold mountain streams in CA and was surprised at how scrappy the fish were for their size compared to the warmer water fish down here.Here's the smallest one I caught, it was about 3". Always amazes me that they can get hooked:
Funny, but true. Years ago before kids we had ferrets. Way cooler than cats. Anyway, the little turds will find all kinds of ways to get lost, but they usually come wandering back around for some love within a few hours. One time we couldn't find our big fat male. After hours of waiting and searching, we finally found him in the gun safe, which we had opened for just a few seconds to put something away. I probably needed stickers like these...