The lava bottom here makes for the surest footing we've ever seen in a trout stream. You won't need cleats in the Little Wood. The river couples riffles and runs with long deep pools. The Little Wood averages 40 feet in width and can be crossed easily everywhere except the pools. Vegetation lines the banks, painting a surprising green stripe through the desert landscape.
Good lies are abundant and evident.
While the Little Wood holds a good rainbow population, the trophy here is the large brown trout. A healthy number of forage fish in the Little Wood prove important in the trout's diet. This river is a fine place to break out your streamers to entice the big fish lying in the deeper holes. It is a proven taker of big browns on the Little Wood. Standard streamer patterns would also be effective.