What's Catching You Fish?

[wanderingrichard]

Man... nothing yet. Central PA creeks and rivers are 3 ft on average above normal following almost 2 weeks of rain... thought I left that behind. Even the local lakes are turgid right now.

Meanwhile prepping, sorting and organizing gear while wrangling renovation contractors... this can't get soon enough...

BTW, full on PA non resident license ran me $80.

 

[Buzzy]

"Baby Damselfly Nymph" (Rod had a great day yesterday with this super simple fly so last night I tied up two of them. Not a banner day with it but it did bring two to the net and I lost two fishing it. I fished it under a small indicator and "naked" on a long leader.)



Safe to call this a 15-incher?



A Seeger Perch jig (thanks @Shawn Seeger)

 

[Eastside]

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"Baby Damselfly Nymph" (Rod had a great day yesterday with this super simple fly so last night I tied up two of them. Not a banner day with it but it did bring two to the net and I lost two fishing it. I fished it under a small indicator and "naked" on a long leader.)

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Safe to call this a 15-incher?

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A Seeger Perch jig (thanks @Shawn Seeger)

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Same lake today as @Buzzy. Had to work for them and I lost more than I landed. This was the smallest of the ones that brought to the net. These flies worked for me today. Fun day on the water. Morning temperatures were cool and cloudy. Kept my jacket on most of the day.

 

[CanoeGuy]

This took #2

begs the question - why the hell did you change flies after catching #1?

 

[clarkman]

begs the question - why the hell did you change flies after catching #1?

We haven't fished together enough for you to understand my problem!

Honestly though, I had to cut the first two because they were taken so deeply.

 

[Northern]

Wanted to try a new type of eye: unweighted, but big and securely attached. They're just from a string of Mardi Gras type beads, tied in like dumbbell eyes.
Simple black rabbit streamer with a starburst fiber belly.


Lots of things liked it, apparently

 

[Buzzy]

LOUSY picture




Well fed trout



Mosquitoes: yes, ticks - not today (that I've found)

 

[tombraider]

29 ft deep.

 

[Wayne Kohan]

Went looking for bass yesterday, found several dozen bluegills instead. Caught a couple on top with dragonfly pattern, most were on a damsel nymph dropper. They really believe in inhaling the fly, and chewed it up, though it was still catching fish. I did watch one bass hit my dragonfly but he shook the hook before he reached the boat, the result of a poor hook set because you see the fish coming.

A pic of two dragonfly patterns I tied this week, used the one on the right. Also a look at the damselfly nymph pattern, kind of a before and after pic.

 

[Tom Butler]

Of course I started opening day with a bead head gold ribbed hares ear

which of course found fish

and I paired it up with a muddled version of the same

which swung up the first fish of the season

God it felt good to be in moving water and decompress for a few hours, totally rejuvinating.

 

[SKYKO]

^ Nice - been looking forward to this post.

 

[albula]

For an upcoming trip. Highlanderish. Edit: Wrong thread. Has yet to catch a fish.

 

[Tom Butler]

90 degrees and wet wading a cold stream with a bamboo rod and a box, can't think of many better things in life.

Fished the muddled march brown with good success quite a bit in the afternoon.

I just find a colorful trout on a bent bamboo rod to be one of the most pleasing things in life.

 

[Wade Rivers]

First ant hatch of the year



Got a couple brownies too

 

[mcswny]

First ant hatch of the year

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Got a couple brownies too

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Still a decent amount of snow up there?

 

[Wade Rivers]

Still a decent amount of snow up there?

Yeah, the south shoreline especially. Campgrounds are not open yet but resorts are open

 

[adamcu280]

These Adachi Clousers are serious business. This one is the “Joker” palette (purple over chartreuse over white) and was responsible for two to 24” this morning on my new-to-me (thanks @Evan B!) 7wt.

Edit: turns out “Joker” is black over purple over chartreuse.

 

[Tom Butler]

The Jiggy Craw was the hot fly this morning.

Always liked the handle and the way the blank felt and fished on my 8wt, and this is just as nice. This will be the everyday rod, just does everything, sweet. AND a true 5wt, fished it with the free SA Infinity Smooth Trout Standard. ESN, or feel it load 5, 10, 20' of line out just right. Whipped the craw out 50' and the mending capability is fantastic.

That rust color craw has been outfishing my favorite hares ear.

 

[Northern]

On a central OR Cascade lake today:

First fish was a little brookie on a Carey-ish fly tied with peach Moluccan Cockatoo (It’s an oddly effective fly for trout. Why cockatoo? Because I have it and it works? )


Then a bunch of fat risers whacked beetles for a while (fly shop purchased - both red-bellied and metallic blue-bellied)

A dozen or so others of both varieties fell for a yellow-bodied, olive winged soft hackle. I think this one, before the hook got bent out and it disappeared in my kayak bin

 

[adamcu280]

The same fly was responsible for ~25 fish to 30” this morning from 0547 to 0747. Top three fishing moments maybe ever? Fish were busting bait, hookups on back to back to back casts multiple times, and I even Euro nymphed one. One more morning before I head back north…