Hope all goes very well with the surgery and that your health is restored and pain relieved. Very pretty fish. I love to catch a chunky bass every now and then when fishing for brim on the ultralights. Haven't gone wading for trout in years myself, but only due to family obligations and not health issues thankfully. The Little Red and Spring rivers in Arkansas await whenever I can get back to it. Went through all of my fly tying materials and found that poor storage in the garage has pretty much wiped them out over years of inactivity.