2026 Fly Fishing Smallie Thread

I got out early this year when they were staged up at the creek mouths. Man was my arm sore! Here’s a good one compared to the queen I caught that day. Slob! I probably already missed the big ones on the way back out.
 

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tjsingle said:
No SMB trip on the J or susky (Or Central PA trout run from SEPA) is complete without a stop to the good ole Duncannon Sheetz.
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Not on the way home for a few years now, unless I am missing the hack for crossing over all the jawns in the middle of the road preventing left turns. Now it's a Rutter taquito that's been rotating on there for a fortnight 😉
 
Nymph-wristed said:
Not on the way home for a few years now, unless I am missing the hack for crossing over all the jawns in the middle of the road preventing left turns. Now it's a Rutter taquito that's been rotating on there for a fortnight 😉
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No hacks aside from crossing the susky and doubling back on the exit right on the otherside

Those left turns were treacherous in peak traffic
 
Nymph-wristed said:
Not on the way home for a few years now, unless I am missing the hack for crossing over all the jawns in the middle of the road preventing left turns. Now it's a Rutter taquito that's been rotating on there for a fortnight 😉
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So pleased they placed the barriers. I've felt it was so stupid to allow left turns out of there. I've seen enough close calls
 
bdhoover77 said:
Has anyone done any wade fishing on the Susquehanna yet this season?
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Dear bdhoover,

I haven't, but it is definitely wadable now. Thirty years ago, Bob Clouser told me you'd better exactly know where the heck you were going unless the river was under 4 ft in Harrrisburg.

It's 3.7 now, and unless storms tomorrow night or Friday drop a deluge somewhere in the drainage it should be fine this weekend. It is supposed to rain off and on with a chance for thunderstorms on Saturday in the Harrisburg area though.

Watch the weather and type MARFC in your web browser to get a forecast if weekend fishing is your plans.

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂
 
bdhoover77 said:
Much appreciated for the helpful info!
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Dear bdhoover,

You're welcome. MARFC, The Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center, has become for me the USGS gauges of old. They monitor fewer sites but show larger trends. The USGS has shut down probably 30% or more of their gauges over the last 5 years in PA, so I watch MARFC.

For example, the West Branch Susquehanna in Jersey Shore is at 2.3 right now. If rain the next 2 days says its forecast for over 3 ft by Sunday that pretty much says that every small stream north of I-80 in Lycoming, and Clinton County should be in prime fishing condition on Saturday.

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂
 
Skunked this afternoon on the Conodiguinet. Water was super low and clear.

I should have gone to the Juniata or even down to Harper’s Ferry…but I decided sleeping in was a better idea.
 
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