Lehigh River, Carbon & Lehigh Cos., 7/6/13 - 7/7/13

[jay348]

I was upset by the fact that it had been almost two years since I had done any fishing for SMBs. I had some extra time this weekend and decided to make it a point to to some river fishing.

I hit the river first (Carbon Co.) on Sat, and I was lucky to have my dad as a partner for the evening. Water temp was about 70 deg. with a slight stain...no excuses here. The bite was slow, but we each managed a bass. My dad was working the spin rod and caught his bass on a small senko worm on a deep swing. At this point, I hadn't felt a bump while stripping/drifting...why not try the swing?

Sure enough...

Reminded me how hard even a small river fish can pull.

This morning I hit another spot below a dam in Lehigh Co. Fished the pool below the dam, and managed one more little guy...same fly...on the swing. Crappy pic...

Not the best outings for size/numbers, but it felt good to switch things up and fish the big water again.

 

[beeber2]

Nice outing and nice black streamer!

 

[wgmiller]

See/hear any cicadas down that far?

 

[jay348]

wgmiller wrote:
See/hear any cicadas down that far?

No signs of life.

I was up near Hickory Run earlier in the day and saw a few dead ones, but I never thought to check around the river. I'm guessing I would have heard something if they were around though.

 

[AugustWest]

You would have heard them. They are real spotty. Toward the middle of 4th Run in Hickory Run, they were noisy Sunday, but they are not prevalent.

 

[steliejim]

Cicadas are now done here in my part of Carbon.

Suprising you didn't do better on the smallies.