Re: Favorite Smallmouth Flies on the Alleghany [by cricketontherun]

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:18:44 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Favorite Smallmouth Flies on the Alleghany
White poppers/sliders, Murdich Minnow, Black bugger; all on #2. Keep it simple. If one of these arn't working they probably arn't eating.

Re: Pond Monster [by barbless]

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:34:16 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Pond Monster
Grass carp can only be stocked in Pennsylvania with a permit- and only if they're sterile triploid-gene fish.

Be careful about this. Pa. does not need any more invasive species problems.

The other three recently introduced carp species- bighead, silver, and black carp- are all totally prohibited.

http://tinyur...

Re: Delaware Estuary stripers (Pennsylvania/NJ border - tidal water) [by greenlander]

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:54:03 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Delaware Estuary stripers (Pennsylvania/NJ border - tidal water)
Had about 90 mins to fish yesterday, and hit up below the Fairmount dam about an hour after low tide.

Grabbed the wrong line in my haste to get out the door, and ended up fishing with a full sink line (around 7 ips), struggling to stay off the bottom.

Tried various clouser patterns in several colors and sizes, hoping for either striper or shad or whatever.

Re: Bluegills [by boychick]

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:22:32 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Bluegills
WG, good report. I'm gald you got out with your kids. Bluegills are a ton of fun and its a true gift to a child to share the joy of fishing, one that can last a lifetime. Some of my best childhood memories are of catching bluegills at the pond in my development. I still have fun chasing them, I killed 9 hours fishing dry flies for bluegills the other day. Before I got back to the car and saw how long I had been out, I assumed I...

Re: Hybrids on the fly? [by The_Sasquatch]

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:30:51 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Hybrids on the fly?
Quote:

salvelinusfontinalis wrote:
You just want to see me swim

I would love a yak but the first boat is going to be STABLE. Kids like stability Something wider lol.

...

Re: First carp on the fly [by brain]

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:01:21 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: First carp on the fly
the union canel park is a stone throw from the house, and it is full of them.
there are also more than a few mulberry trees? bushes? whatever, when the berries are ripe, the ones that can , fall in the canel, with a special little plopping sound that fish key on. they will ball up under the branches that are dropping, so much so that fish will be partially lifted out of the water as they fight for position.
while i wa...

Re: Striper and shad [by iceyguides]

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:42:04 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Striper and shad
for anyone who is interested in catching shad: get out now or soon! reports from the delaware have been very good the past few days and my roommate and i nailed them on the susquehanna this past saturday. They're really running right now.

Re: Time to get out and hit the salt [by SBecker]

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:18:33 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Time to get out and hit the salt
Going next Saturday for a friends bachelor party. Won't be fly fishing though, as will more then likely be on a party boat. Nice fish Ferdinand they are almost bigger then you...........

Re: Small Stream Smallies [by cricketontherun]

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:34:40 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Small Stream Smallies
Local water hovering around 48 degrees and the bite is on! They're most active in the evening (warmest part of the day) but are they ever. Swinging Murdich minnows with little extra movement brought 12 fatties to hand in about an hour and a half. All in the 12-15" range. Things are looking good because I believe these were last years 10-12" fish which dominate the water shed with the occasional heavy weight. I ca...

Re: south branch of the potomac and the west fork in WV. Info wanted [by Ramcatt]

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:25:04 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: south branch of the potomac and the west fork in WV. Info wanted
yes

they are having issues with chicken farms and the impact on the fish

PM me if you want some more info

Re: baby bird fly? [by Crotalus]

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:40:43 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: baby bird fly?
This was completely unintentional, but I tied up an Optic Minnow style fly with lots of yellow and chartreuse material, including a couple barred marabou feathers. When i would cast it the water would shed and it would float on the surface and I would have to yank on the line to get it back under water. After two or three times of this I noticed how much it resembled a baby duck.

So I spent the next 20 minutes slowly retr...

Re: Carp on the Fly! [by NoMoreCornChuckin]

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:18:05 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Carp on the Fly!
I was standing on a stump at the waters edge and had a great view from above, I would locate a carp, cast 10 or so feet upstream and let it dead drift towards them about an inch off the bottom (small split shot) and when it was about a foot from them, I would very slowly and gently give it a tiny twitch, not even a twitch but more like a tug, they way a crawfish might creep along the bottom? They would suck it right up. many of them...

Re: carpin [by jabink84]

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:04:18 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: carpin
It was a mixture of sight fishing and blind fishing. the first part was sight fishing then the wind really picked up and clouded the water really fast, so we started casting to them when they rolled on the surface about the second strip they would smash it.

Re: crappie on the fly? Oh Yea [by ronP]

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:01:03 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: crappie on the fly? Oh Yea
.

FarmerDave, tenkara is indeed a great method of fishing a fly for crappie. In fact, the rod is very much like that used with a classic telescoping crappie rig. The length of tenkara (the model I use is a twelve-footer) allows you to place a fly very accurately between flooded trees or in pockets within weed beds. The short level line allows you to work slowly, at crappie speed.

Here is a...

Re: Runoff silt is a big problem! [by troutbert]

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:39:50 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Runoff silt is a big problem!
Posts made at 2 am are often entertaining!!

Re: Help Needed - Are these bluegills safe to eat? [by tulenkot]

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:40:04 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Help Needed - Are these bluegills safe to eat?
It sounds gruesome but I was taught to just wack the fish's head against a rock. Its quick and does the job. To be honest though, I haven't eaten many self caught fish recently. I spent 3 years of my life running a fish market and every morning filleting boatloads of fish. Don't miss it one bit! If anyone wants pointers on cutting fish though, I'm your guy!

Re: The tidal Delaware stripers are in the shallows (early) [by Mike]

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:28:54 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: The tidal Delaware stripers are in the shallows (early)
Sorry, forgot to mention the Schuylkill. Yes, they are there now and being caught. In fact, stripers have been being caught there for at least a week.

Re: Surf & Inshore 2011 video [by Fredrick]

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:21:08 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Surf & Inshore 2011 video
Not trying to be a A hole but I sent you a pm about a week ago and you haven't answered it yet .

Crappie Madness! [by streamerguy]

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:59:37 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Crappie Madness!
So yesterday was the opening day of trout season. We did our tradtional opening day thing and hit a small ATW and tossed live minnows. We caught a bunch and had a great time. Also hit a FFO section and managed 1 nice rainbow, and had a few more hits in the open regs section of the same stream but didn't land any. Streams were pretty low.

Since just about everywhere we went was crowded, low, and had very spooky fish,...

Re: Cross Creek bluegill [by 1wt]

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:52:00 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Cross Creek bluegill
Quote:

burghwolfe wrote:
with my float tube and 3 wt. The bluegills were more than happy to keep me busy.

I agree! I like fishing for gills with my 3wt and a float tube even better than fishing for trout!

Dunkard Creek?? [by cricketontherun]

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:10:38 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Dunkard Creek??
Has anyone fished Dunkard Creek since the fish kill in 09'? I've never fished it, and had thought about making a trip down there. I know the kill was pretty significant. I floated and fished 34mi of the James River VA last summer only to find out at the end of the float there had been a fish kill in previous years. Talk about a long trip for not a lot of fish! Anyhow; I figured I'd reach out on this one.

Re: Lakes or Ponds in the Philadelphia/Cherry Hill area? [by tulenkot]

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:25:49 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Lakes or Ponds in the Philadelphia/Cherry Hill area?
Marsh creek is good. Also, green lane resivoir has great bass fishing, not to mention all varieties of panfish. Its a little bit of a drive but one of the better lakes in the area. They have boat rentals too, which would make casting easier.

Re: Broke the net curse [by pwk5017]

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:55:59 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Broke the net curse
12-13" caught on a size 2 black and white clouser. White and chart was all-time king last summer, but it seems the fish have caught on to my tricks. I havent caught a fish on chartreusse anything this year.

Re: Boat for fly fishing the Chesapeake Bay? [by limestoner]

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:25:19 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Boat for fly fishing the Chesapeake Bay?
I made a mistake, the marina that is a nice marina at crab alley MD. is CLARKS landing- full service marina.

Re: Twenty Inch Smallmouth.... Edit: Finally Did It! [by Fishidiot]

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:29:05 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Twenty Inch Smallmouth.... Edit: Finally Did It!
Sholgate,
Thanks. In my experience, the pre-spawn window - roughly about March 10th to April 10th is the best time of year to get a very large bass. Late fall is a close second.

PWK,
Although not generally known for bass, the Yough is a world class smallie fishery and I'd think would be an excellent place to hunt that trophy fish.

Re: Crappie hitting on Marsh Creek Lake? [by iceyguides]

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:58:17 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Crappie hitting on Marsh Creek Lake?
i've been wade fishing there mostly in the evenings after work.there are crappie around but it's been spotty thus far from what i've seen. I think i've been out 4 times, i've caught probably a little less than 20 crappie total, and i haven't seen anyone doing much better than me. There are a lot of yellow perch around and some small lmb's. i just got my kayak re-registered so...

Re: Skunked on Muskies Again (Despite Good Conditions) [by djs12354]

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:21:19 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Skunked on Muskies Again (Despite Good Conditions)
Congratulations! Has your heart stopped pounding yet?

New Article: Fly Fishing For Crappie [by ronP]

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:21:44 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: New Article: Fly Fishing For Crappie
.

Hi there. I have a new article (with photo and map) about fly fishng for black crappie in the March 29, 2012 (No. 13) issue of The Fisherman . . . The Long Island, Metro NY, Northeast edition is on newsstands now.

Rod & Reeling Regards,

-- ron P. swegman
--
And as we've seen, these fish stories often swirl around fish caught in trap nets or electrofishing by state agencies who, according to rumor or conspiracy theory.... invariably "covered up" the catch.

Not...

Re: Pre-Spawn Smallmouths - 2012 [by Cornholio]

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:39:04 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Pre-Spawn Smallmouths - 2012
Lol, yea all of the ones i have been catching have been chubby dudes and they hit my flies with a sense of purpose. I've been using a crayfish design of my own and they have just been smashing it! I'm off tomorow so i'll be out enjoying another nice day.

Re: First outing of 2012 [by nealfish]

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:04:17 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: First outing of 2012
low fifties? i can only check a tiny creek that runs through my back yard and a small pong, and its still only at 45.

Re: Poppers for Ultra-lightweight rods? [by Swattie87]

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:14:35 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Poppers for Ultra-lightweight rods?
Quote:

Fishidiot wrote:
just remember your hemostats as bluegills absolutely inhale flies and getting them unhooked with such small mouths can be a challenge.

^Agree on that piece. Of the four common PA sunfish, Redbreasts and Greens have bigger mouths and are pretty easy to unhook, but Gills and Seeds have much smaller mouths. Hemos are...

Re: New World Record Smallie? or........... [by Phish_On]

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:04:19 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: New World Record Smallie? or...........
Agreed, good size fish. Don't think it's 12#s. Would have been a blast on a flyrod.

Re: Talk about a blitz! [by Ramcatt]

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:20:20 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Talk about a blitz!
saw something similar in Harkers 2 years ago

hook an ablie
fight a shark

Re: Walleye are spawining. [by FlySwatter]

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:47:13 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Walleye are spawining.
jjsjigs,

PM sent.

thanks,
Mike

Re: Fly Fishing Near Rock Hall, MD [by limestoner]

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:42:01 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Fly Fishing Near Rock Hall, MD
In summer try casting poppers or weighted flies- clousers along the shoreline, feeder creeks, timber, points on the rip side, rock jettys or riprap , boat docks, and drop offs.. Around late april or early may the smaller rockfish show up in the chester and lot of them working their way up river. Use white flies and chartruse . don't know how much water you can cover with a tender but wish you luck.

Re: Fly Fishing Guides for the Upper Chesapeake Bay? [by Fishidiot]

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:26:11 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Fly Fishing Guides for the Upper Chesapeake Bay?
Norm Bartlett

Re: fly fishing the Jersey Shore [by marcq]

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:51:51 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: fly fishing the Jersey Shore
i have a strong feeling its going to be a good spring with this warm winter.Probably around early to mid April. They have been catch fish all winter in Jersey and New York. For your first time i would try to hookup with someone else who know a thing or to about the surf. Its a whole new game from casting, finding fish, structure and flies. I would go with a 9 or 10 wt rod but get a reel with a smooth drag and a sinking ...

Re: Susquehanna woes [by Fishidiot]

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:36:58 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Susquehanna woes
Quote:

McSneek wrote:
I think all the bass left in the river must be concentrated in a hole along 322 below Dauphin near the statue of liberty. There are always boats surrounding that spot especially in winter and spring.

Yes. That spot is a known winter hibernacula. It gets hammered. It's also popular with the walleye and muskie guys too and this accoun...

Re: Delaware River Stripers [by Mike]

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:59:19 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Delaware River Stripers
"Way back" (8-10 yrs, for instance) is hardly way back for a fish that can live over 20 years. The 2011 year class is one of the largest in a long time, so more of those exceptional fishing years may be on the way.

Delaware Estuary Stripers - tidal river, tidal tribs [by Mike]

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:08:05 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Delaware Estuary Stripers - tidal river, tidal tribs
Re: Delaware Estuary stripers (tidal portions of Delaware R and tribs)

First, thanks to Afish for digging up my comments from last year and posting them on the Delaware River Stripers thread. They were fairly detailed and I don't have much to add to them, as they are still applicable. They, however, pertain to the Delaware Estuary, the tidal portion of the Delaware. The fishery and it...

Re: stoneflies on the susquehanna [by beeber2]

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:13:13 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: stoneflies on the susquehanna
Yes, and lots of what looked like brown stones downstream of there also. No fish on them.

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