Just got back from a glorious day on the Cohocton River, a little trout stream that runs through an area of central NY known as Italy Valley. Called this because the vinyards here compare with European standards and several wines have won National awards.

Anyway, we really hit it at a good time and now I'm contemplating what I want to make with these delicious fish. I might just smoke them. That's a thought......

Speaking of smoking, time for a post-fishing cigar....what to have.........? I think I hear a Cusano C10 calling my name.....

Nice haul. What is the size of the big one, 16-18 inches?

My Favorite,

is trout almondine (SP)

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

Thanks, we had a blast.

Yeah, the biggest was just under 16". The pool we found these bigger ones in was just loaded with fish this size. They were kind of spooky though and we only manged to take three of them. The little guys, well, they ARE legal that size here but I wouldn't have kept them accept I am trying to accumulate enough to smoke them and those little guys are T-A-S-T-Y.