Bushkill, Northampton County, 7/3/09

sapper6

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Fished below 13th Street from 0630 to 0830. Water was high and slightly discolored so I started with a BH wooly bugger. No action with that so I switched to a #14 green weenie (I had tied up some small ones to try) and immediately caught two browns.

I saw some rises so I switched to a grasshopper that I had purchased (never any good at tieing them) that had more foam than the couch on my brother-in-law's front porch. I caught three on that, moving up and down a stretch of flat water and targeting risers as they appeared. Missed a few more and put down a few more with that big fly.

Pretty fun morning at a time when I am usually fishing tricos and griffiths gnats and switching to #7 tippet in frustration. Nothing subtle about a green weenie and a hopper the size of a kid's bobber!

Now off to Ligonier and hopefully a chance of some mountain fishing.
 
No tricos on that morning. There are usually a few in that area but I have never seen a heavy hatch. I have seen much more on the Bushkill SR area, although not this year yet (since I haven't been there).
 
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