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Re: Chain pickerel [by BelAirSteve]

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:27:40 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Chain pickerel
Quote:

flyfishingNZ wrote:
You can use this to get some places that are close.

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/wwcw.htm

If you are in State College area you can try Lake Colyer, I have some pictures of the fish in there on my blog.

M...

Re: Anyone been hitting the salt? [by mkoloch]

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:22:01 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Anyone been hitting the salt?
Ever need a kayak fishing partner hit me up...I'm in the kayak in NJ ALOT! Some with and some without the fly.

Re: Toothy Critter Success Thread [by PACOFRANSICO]

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:40:59 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Toothy Critter Success Thread
All the pike I have caught are 100% wild and have bin in the same waters since the 70s with no stocking. 99% of tigers in pa are stocked as fingerlings there a rare find naturally. I'd say the big percentage of purebred are stocked too. There's probably some natural reproduction but there's so real way telling the stocks from wild as far as I know.

Re: Loads of stripers, Morrisville, Pa. [by cwwbell]

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:14 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Loads of stripers, Morrisville, Pa.
that could be interpreted a few ways, do you mean that the best fishing is in the four hour window around high tide? my few attempts this year i've been getting out 1-2 hours after high tide, which was the best i could do schedule wise. i have friday off and will be fishing the delaware but may head upstream a bit to scudder falls, sounds like an interesting area for some other species if stripers aren't...

Re: Key West Flats Fishing [by pafisherman]

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:39:49 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Key West Flats Fishing
That is a nice picture. That is ashame what happened but still you had a awesome fight I am sure. I have yet to catch a Tarpon on a fly but have caught a few on spinning gear. I will never forget my largest was around 60 pds and I can still clearly remember it coming out of the water about 5 X. I will be on the beaches of Sanibel Island with my fly rod next week trying to make a few more memories..

Bill A

Re: Sanibel Island FL [by pafisherman]

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:27:23 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Sanibel Island FL
Chuck
Norm's Fly Shop is always one of my first stops. I can't wait to get to the beach. Nothing quite like the sun coming up on your back with the Snook in the surf..

Bill A

Re: Smallmouth buffalo [by riverwhy]

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:27:26 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Smallmouth buffalo
caught mine on a rapala. Cleanly hooked in the mouth though the mouth looked too small to eat something that size. weird.

Re: S. York Co WW update [by glenrockonthefly]

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:39:30 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: S. York Co WW update
I fish a streatch downstream from twin bridges half mile or so below where lake williams drains into the S. Codorus, technically where e.codorus and s.codorus converge.

#1 fly olive wooly bugger! #8 bead head or not.

I also get some good action on hoppers and other poppers. Some luck on clousers in the fall/late summer.

Good water for smallies, rock bass and sunnys last 2 summers. PM me and we ca...

Re: Dewey Beach, Delaware? [by PASKIINGSUCKS]

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:39:57 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Dewey Beach, Delaware?
Ha trust me we drink and throw shoes at home too. It's just a little hard to stray from the pack of friends being that I'm the only flyfisherman among us. So I usually just satisfy myself with surf fishing while drinking and pitchin.

Re: Green lane Res [by PASKIINGSUCKS]

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:24:52 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Green lane Res
go further down than that and you'll get into all kinds of good stuff. The Unami confluence is down there and has easy parking due to the perkiomen trail. Nami is heavily stocked with trout and loaded with smally.

I know a guy that fishes the res regularly and he gets all kinds of good largemouth. Might be worth renting a boat at green lane for a day. They are wide flatbottom boats I'm sure you could easily cast a fly o...

Re: Right place at the right time... [by Mike]

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:27:05 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Right place at the right time...
Thanks Semperfish; that's all I needed to know. The specific stream was not important to me. A number of tidal sections of tribs from the Delaware state line up to Trenton Falls are likely to support substantial numbers of these fish this year. Finding them in the non-tidal segments of these streams would have been very interesting, although it is also interesting that these fish have shown up already in Bucks Co t...

Re: Comment by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Susky Smallies [by LongWader]

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:30:43 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Comment by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Susky Smallies
I have seen the Monocacy river in Maryland basically die below the City of Frederick over the last 35 years due to farming practices, feed lots, high density housing developments, and the amount of water the City of Frederick takes from the river every year. It was once a unbelievably vibrant fishery. Now it is like a dead river until the Double Pipe feeds in and the Double Pipe is in bad s...

Re: east branch brandywine smallmouth [by kenbo5733]

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:36:51 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: east branch brandywine smallmouth
could there be any trout left even in may and im gonna try throwing some wooly buggers around and see what will happen thanks for the info

Re: Good alternative to a stripping basket [by sandfly]

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:27:02 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Good alternative to a stripping basket
I have had one for years from orvis, they are great to use. but as surf said you can't wade deep with them. I have waded up to my waist and used it though.

Re: Delaware River stripers are in! [by Mike]

Sat, 11 May 2013 02:32:16 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Delaware River stripers are in!
There are some stripers in the shallows as of this week, but many more are still spending most of their time in 10-25 ft deep water. Large females are not abundant in the shallows, but if you find some mud flats these areas as of today were 1.5-2.0 degrees warmer than the rest of the river. Large females (40 inches plus) were present in those areas today in 2.5-3 ft of water. The cool weather may cause water temp...

Re: bluegills [by kenbo5733]

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:13:46 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: bluegills
go to fort Washington state park there are plenty of deep holes further down from the bridge I got a 15inch smallie there last year on a tube on 4lb test

Re: Finally, a decent smallmouth [by afishinado]

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:10:57 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Finally, a decent smallmouth
Quote:

TimMurphy wrote:
Dear Stagger,

Like you've already heard try the Delaware.

I fished it a lot 30 years ago and would suggest you start out around the Yardley boat ramp or Washington's Crossing Park since I'm certain you can still access the river in those locations.

There are other spots along River Road, just drive along and search some...

Re: surprising catch [by Crawdad31]

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:36:15 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: surprising catch
Great find bro, you just never know what's in the water. Lol. I was fishing buffalo creek one day and saw some bright orange thing coming down the stream I stay still and here comes this massively fat Koi, swims right on past me like I wasn't even there, it's was the florescent orange kind as well.

Re: Dinner Tonite [by sniperfreak223]

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:35:57 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Dinner Tonite
Quote:

Maurice wrote:
You fillet them. Thye make for a thin and maybe 4" x 6" fillet. Thats why you need 9 of 'em. But they are good tablefare.

but not quite as good as Yellow Perch...but still one of the few fish I actually keep from time to time.

Re: Muskie Flies [by Crawdad31]

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:46:28 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Muskie Flies
Some recent ties. The all white stuff I'm planning more for wipers, but ultra clear water maybe effective. My first shot at Beuford isn't quite where I want it. Not used to spinning the deer hair yet.

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Re: Carp Carp and Carp! [by The_Sasquatch]

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:27:36 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Carp Carp and Carp!
I will hold off on posting pics till I start landing a few on dries this summer

Re: White Bass Run! [by turkey]

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:06:35 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: White Bass Run!
Nice! These are some of my favorite fish to catch. They can get pretty fat too. Now is the time.

Re: What is the best bass fly rod [by sniperfreak223]

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:32:28 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: What is the best bass fly rod
Generally, for me it's a fast-action 9' 8-weight, it will cover all the bases well from nymphing for smallies to punching big deerhair poppers into the wind to dragging bottom with crayfish flies.

But I'm a bit of a gear freak, so I also own an 11' 7-weight switch rod for fishing bigger waters, like the North Branch of the Susky (the reason I bought it), an 8'6" 6-weight for chas...

Re: Lunch Break [by Mike]

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:24:41 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Lunch Break
All of the side view fish are BLACK crappie. The dorsal view also appears to be a black. No doubts about the side view fish. Common error among most anglers.

Re: Hometown Sampler [by Brownie101]

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:29:12 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Hometown Sampler
Sarce I just sent you a PM.

Re: Nockamixon tiger muskies: NOW [by Mike]

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:51:58 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Nockamixon tiger muskies: NOW
The water is not too warm yet. If you go to Blue Marsh I recommend fishing any of the small indentations/inlets/coves (also true to a lesser extent at Nock). Blue Marsh Tigers are using these areas (or their entry points) at the moment. Net catches were poor outside of these types of coves on the main lake. Additionally, the Spring Creek and Tulpehocken arms were more productive than the main lake body, although we h...

Re: Large Mouth are starting [by Crawdad31]

Mon, 06 May 2013 02:37:41 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Large Mouth are starting
Got into some largemouths at a family pond today with my kids and they were roaming in packs, something to see for sure and had a big female absolutely hammer a chartreuse clouser. And like a good big ole' girl she gave me a head shake and spit my fly out. They have an uncanny ability to spit hooks.

Re: Shad fishing [by marcq]

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:42:11 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Shad fishing
just a quick report from the skuke. Big American are in and a lot of them. I caught 10 today. 3 on the fly. the biggest was about 23 inches with most of them being in the 18 to 23 inch range. tthey are great fish to catch on the fly.

Re: delaware shad [by cwwbell]

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:59:06 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: delaware shad
I'm pretty interested in catching a shad. My only suitable rod though is a 9 weight that's set up with an intermediate line. Is that going to get down fast enough?

I probably have some sinking tips that I can throw on there to help get the line down if not.

Re: Double handers and Muskie? [by DJBerg]

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:01:06 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Double handers and Muskie?
Thanks fredrick, one day when im down in Allentown for a holiday ill have to take a drive over.

Re: pike patterns? [by jay348]

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:40:54 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: pike patterns?
Pike bunnies are pretty quick and simple:

Pike bunny how-to

I know divers are popular too, but I would give the hang-time style of flies (see musky fly thread) a shot before jumping into the deer-hair shaping...stuff just frustrates me. On these, finding good materials is tougher than the actual tying process ...

Re: Those Danged Snakeheads [by JVenezia]

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:23:06 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Those Danged Snakeheads
No I have not fished Md. at all But, I have been tracking all the snakehead fishing talk for the area and kind of marking points...

Re: Schuylkill live fish camera [by Fishidiot]

Wed, 01 May 2013 02:31:10 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Schuylkill live fish camera
Neat - thanks for the link.
I'd imagine that this time of year would reveal shad and maybe stripers. "Fish cams" are becoming common, I used to enjoy the one in the Florida Keys and Bahia Honda bridge although I haven't checked it in years.

Re: Anybody in SE PA having any luck? [by LongWader]

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:13:33 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Anybody in SE PA having any luck?
I was not fishing the SE, but fished some rivers in the South Central PA Region and one river fished great and the other two were so cold that what we mostly saw were trout in what is considered prime smallmouth water. I would guess that we are two weeks behind the seasonal norm and a month behind last year when we had super mild Winter and Spring.

Re: WTB Salt set-up [by SNJChef]

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:47:54 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: WTB Salt set-up
haha Becker I was hitting bottom running out the inlet this morning, Sandy changed the bottom for sure. I bet a lot of boats will be getting stuck and or hitting things this summer. We saw a picnic table about 1 mile out when I was taking the boat out for a test run.

Re: Muskie Mayhem Summary form this afternoon. PHOTO HEAVY [by TBowersox]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:39:56 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Muskie Mayhem Summary form this afternoon. *PHOTO HEAVY*
We did get some video of the fly tying session. Will get it up once edited / done. Thanks for all the positive feedback. More to come soon! - Todd

Re: Time To Hit The Salt Again [by Fredrick]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:51:14 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Time To Hit The Salt Again
Gateway National Recreation Area will reopen the Sandy Hook Unit to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy beginning Wednesday, May 1. A ceremony at 10 A.M. will mark the reopening, with U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone in attendance.

"We have been looking forward to this moment since the storm hit us and we've worked hard to make it happen this soon," said Sandy Hook Unit Coordinator Pet McCarthy. "E...

Vineyard House at Pilot's Landing-First week of June [by SurfCowboyXX]

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:24:13 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Vineyard House at Pilot's Landing-First week of June
Because of circumstances beyond our control (fishermen laid off or on reduced hours at work), the first week of June is available at the Darth Vader house at Pilot's Landing (the cliffs). I believe it is $650/person up to 6 for Saturday to Saturday. Bill Hayes will be there with the Flyswatter (22' Mako CC set up for fly), which he will run for @ $120 per person per day (limited to two fishermen)....

Re: Swatara Creek query [by ratgunner]

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:30:43 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Swatara Creek query
The floods destroyed the remediations. But I fish the Swatty from Lickdale to Tremont. Let me know if you guys wanna hook up.

Re: 17 Year Locust/Ciceda Hatch [by ratgunner]

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:28:23 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: 17 Year Locust/Ciceda Hatch
I remember the last one. I guess I'd better tie some up.

Re: Another Brad Bohen Presentation [by DJBerg]

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:42:54 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Another Brad Bohen Presentation
Ha sweet! I know what im doin on saturday! Thanks

Re: Pennsylvania State Record Muskellunge - 1924 [by TRE]

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:24:27 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Pennsylvania State Record Muskellunge - 1924
I'm a newbie here but not to muskies and certainly not to flyfishing. You guys have had some interesting discussion on the state record fish and the whole can o' worms with Ramsell and the MDWRMA.

The fish and boat commission manages our waters so that anglers can catch fish. It's not even in their peripheral view to be managing for trophy waters. Apparently the 40" size limit was a long sh...

Re: Breeding river rats [by plombardo]

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:23:12 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Breeding river rats
yeah Pat's are pretty sweet. I have seen them Before his work is amazing.

Re: Myrtle Beach - End of April [by 5RingsBL]

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:43:14 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Myrtle Beach - End of April
Point taken. Didn't even think about freshwater. Thanks!

Re: Warm Water Action [by guppieguy]

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:11:02 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Warm Water Action
Had my first successful WW outing yesterday.... got my first bass, carp, and catfish on the fly and a WHOLE lot of crappie all at Orangeville. No striper or walleye though.... I'll have to keep trying.

Re: shad in schuylkill [by jdaddy]

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:12:07 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: shad in schuylkill
Quote:

Mike wrote:
No, the stocked ones, which are the vast majority, if not all of them, are moving toward Reading, which is where they were stocked. Finding each small entrance to a fishway at each successive dam has proven challenging.

Reading folks say "tell me more".

Re: Walleye!!!! [by streamerguy]

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:27:21 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Walleye!!!!
There's one place where I catch them consistantly(a small outflow of a lake), but most of them are dinks such as this one.

There's a few other places, including the place where I got the one in the original post, where I tend to catch them semi-con...

Brad Bohen Clearfield April 26th [by TD55]

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:11:38 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Brad Bohen Clearfield April 26th
Folks Brad Bohen will be in Clearfield April 26th at Jim's Sports Center. The ad show 5-7pm but it's basically from 4-8pm. Hope to see you all there. Paco and I will be tying with him.

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Re: Rivers are Cold - Smallies Off to a Slow Start [by riverwhy]

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:20:55 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Rivers are Cold - Smallies Off to a Slow Start
Got a nice one in the Swattie. Can't seem to figure out how to post the pictures. Working on it!

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It is supposed to be a smallie that had to be about 20 inches. Maybe its better you didn't see it, I got it on a spinning rod! At least I tried the ...

Delaware smallies [by beeber2]

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:46:18 -0000

Warm Water & Salt Water Fly-Fishing:: Delaware smallies
I was out on Sun. for smallies in SE PA. Casting a minnow imitation quartered downstream into soft current worked with some success. It was great to get the pontoons wet.