Connected with some of the forum members and we made our way out to western Maryland and the Casselmen River. This some water that flows from Maryland north into Pennsylvania. In Maryland this a stocked project that is a few miles starting in Grantsville.
Bruno leading the charge
Weather
A beautiful March day with a lot of sun and air temps in the mid to upper 50’s. No clouds and didn’t help with fishing.
Water
Water was very clear and temps were pretty cold running from 45 to 48 degrees during the day. Water was at about 120 CFS and very easy to get around the stream. No heavy rain for many days.
Hatches
Little black stoneflies, size #16, were all over the stream at our location from about 1:00 to the late afternoon. We all agreed it was a full-blown hatch with stoneflies all over flying around. It’s a good hatch when they are flying onto you mouth. The trout were not surfacing and saw no rises. Pretty lame stocked trout.
So with all that great hatch that trout had no interest in anything we threw at them that even look like a stonefly. We of course tried a lot of different nymph patterns and junk flies with luck. I blame the Amish (this was a joke and I hope no Amish are offended)
After being defeated on one party of the stream Alby cleverly decided we should try a different location. We headed upstream and found a new location. We had much better luck in our new spot and did better on wet flies. We didn’t see the stoneflies, but the fish were biting. We found some deeper pools and tree cover.
Alby, DanL, LigonierA1
We did find our way to Grantsville for some dinner and coffee before heading home. A really fun day and great weather. Thanks guys for the invite!!
Bruno leading the charge
Weather
A beautiful March day with a lot of sun and air temps in the mid to upper 50’s. No clouds and didn’t help with fishing.
Water
Water was very clear and temps were pretty cold running from 45 to 48 degrees during the day. Water was at about 120 CFS and very easy to get around the stream. No heavy rain for many days.
Hatches
Little black stoneflies, size #16, were all over the stream at our location from about 1:00 to the late afternoon. We all agreed it was a full-blown hatch with stoneflies all over flying around. It’s a good hatch when they are flying onto you mouth. The trout were not surfacing and saw no rises. Pretty lame stocked trout.
So with all that great hatch that trout had no interest in anything we threw at them that even look like a stonefly. We of course tried a lot of different nymph patterns and junk flies with luck. I blame the Amish (this was a joke and I hope no Amish are offended)
After being defeated on one party of the stream Alby cleverly decided we should try a different location. We headed upstream and found a new location. We had much better luck in our new spot and did better on wet flies. We didn’t see the stoneflies, but the fish were biting. We found some deeper pools and tree cover.
Alby, DanL, LigonierA1
We did find our way to Grantsville for some dinner and coffee before heading home. A really fun day and great weather. Thanks guys for the invite!!
