The stream work on Hickory creek is almost complete!
here is how it looks as of August 31, 2018

the fish seem to have adapted to it already, and they are feeding well.  They seem to like grass hoppers more than past summers (i'm assuming because of the extra sun), but this might be the fact that i'm Throwing more grasshoppers. 
The water has sped up, and is deeper; which means that the bottom is less silty (which should be Great for reproduction!); but the trouts don't seem to find it Too Fast (at least when it's not flooded). 
The bad news is: the construction equipment has made a lane, which makes the Whole lower stretch completely accessible to anyone walking up; this might be terrible, we'll have to see