LetortAngler
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Before the Heritage day event, I stopped by the Letort for an hour to get in a little fishing before all day time activities that were to start by 10am. At 8:00am when I arrived I noticed the very familiar dance of the Trico a few feet above the stream under sunny conditions. I likely got there at the tail end of the hatch, but surprisingly there were a couple rising trout, a perfect time to try my new Trico spinner patterns tied with Snowshoe hare wings instead of Poly. I quickly changed over to a 9' 6x Power Taper leader, and added almost 3' of 7x tippet, and made my first pitch at the riser only about a foot from the bank, the currents nearer to me would jeopardize my presentation immediately, but today I brought a longer rod (9' NRX LP) to help aid the drift. On the second cast I hooked into my first Letort Trico Brown of the year, a solid 10" fish. The second rising trout I saw was put down by the commotion.
As I moved up the Meadow I noticed another Brownie hugging the bottom intercepting little morsels here and there in its little letortish way, and before departing for the event, I tied on a little Shenk Cress Bug to the 7x tippet and was able to fool this guy, a little fat feisty 9 incher.
I stopped at Bonnybrook to check out the water, and it had that nutrient-rich chalky tint to it, with little clarity, which seems to be common after a heavy rain, however the lower end remained much clearer.
After leaving the event around 3pm, I stopped at Big Spring, still very sunny, hot, and muggy, Blue Winged Olives were hatching in pretty good numbers, rising fish were spotted, however I put on a streamer, fishing downstream on the swing, A couple little bows, and one of the largest wild Brookies I've caught, a good 15" on a Bugger to highlight and finish the day before the long drive back toward Pittsburgh.
Water clarity was normal, and temps were in the mid50s at the Ditch.
As I moved up the Meadow I noticed another Brownie hugging the bottom intercepting little morsels here and there in its little letortish way, and before departing for the event, I tied on a little Shenk Cress Bug to the 7x tippet and was able to fool this guy, a little fat feisty 9 incher.
I stopped at Bonnybrook to check out the water, and it had that nutrient-rich chalky tint to it, with little clarity, which seems to be common after a heavy rain, however the lower end remained much clearer.
After leaving the event around 3pm, I stopped at Big Spring, still very sunny, hot, and muggy, Blue Winged Olives were hatching in pretty good numbers, rising fish were spotted, however I put on a streamer, fishing downstream on the swing, A couple little bows, and one of the largest wild Brookies I've caught, a good 15" on a Bugger to highlight and finish the day before the long drive back toward Pittsburgh.
Water clarity was normal, and temps were in the mid50s at the Ditch.
