More proof that a trout will eat anything that looks and acts alive, is smaller than it is, and is slow enough to catch !!!
I really relate to your comment "But where I tend to fish is not necessarily where they did." I often realize that I tend to look for a certain kind of water in a stream system, and wonder if I am actually passing up good or even better water ?? But habits that have produced results over time are hard to modify. You were fortunate to spend the day with a couple very good anglers whose habits are very different than your own. When I see others fishing, I always stop to watch, to see what I can learn. But that is no substitute for the experience you had on the Fourth.
John
The fish are always right.