I was meeting up with @afishinado in the afternoon and two days on the Little J. The weather looked ideal and water levels seemed pretty good.
Before meeting with Tom I stopped at one of the tribs for the Little J at about noon. The water was pretty clear and at about 58 degrees. The weather was nice with mixed clouds and sun in the low 60s. I saw one other guy on the stream about one mile upstream. Caddis, sulphurs and a few BWO were coming off sporadically. Trout we rising with a few regulars coming up. I started with a caddis fly and caught a few. It seemed to slow up and switched over the sulfur and got a nice one right away. Very nice conditions.
Then met up with Tom around 3:00 and we proceeded to the Little J for some late day fishing. The weather was the same and water was running at about 375 CFS. We moved around a few times finding a stretch of water that was too high. Some areas of the Little J are tougher at that level and others work better. we settled into a spot for the evening and thought we would be in good shape. The hatches were none existence for the evening, which was a big surprise. We did manage land a few nymphing.
We did make the last stop of the day at the Spruce Creek Tavern for a few beers, a burger and fries. BTW the tavern grill close at 9:00 pm. It rained a lot more than forecasted that evening pushed the water up to 1200 CFS and chased us off the stream the next day.
Before meeting with Tom I stopped at one of the tribs for the Little J at about noon. The water was pretty clear and at about 58 degrees. The weather was nice with mixed clouds and sun in the low 60s. I saw one other guy on the stream about one mile upstream. Caddis, sulphurs and a few BWO were coming off sporadically. Trout we rising with a few regulars coming up. I started with a caddis fly and caught a few. It seemed to slow up and switched over the sulfur and got a nice one right away. Very nice conditions.
Then met up with Tom around 3:00 and we proceeded to the Little J for some late day fishing. The weather was the same and water was running at about 375 CFS. We moved around a few times finding a stretch of water that was too high. Some areas of the Little J are tougher at that level and others work better. we settled into a spot for the evening and thought we would be in good shape. The hatches were none existence for the evening, which was a big surprise. We did manage land a few nymphing.
We did make the last stop of the day at the Spruce Creek Tavern for a few beers, a burger and fries. BTW the tavern grill close at 9:00 pm. It rained a lot more than forecasted that evening pushed the water up to 1200 CFS and chased us off the stream the next day.
