Little Juniata, Huntingdon Co., 6/07/2015

[JackM]

I prefer these in #16 for brooks and #12 for brunettes. Rainbows eat anything.

 

[pete41]

worked pretty well on the Penns back in the dark ages,everywhere else in Pa. I tried them.
As for the shot at rainbows-the upper Madison was famous for rainbow but many complained about lack of browns-some speculated the water was too fast.
F&G did a shock test
5 to 1 browns over bows
okay faded memories probably probably 3 to 1 now that think about it---
If Pcray was here he could come up with a formula
say average catch 4 bows to each brown ='s

 

[pete41]

blondes,brunettes or serfs and landowners?

 

[laszlo]

Jack, What exactly are those supposed to represent

 

[JackM]

Bread.

 

[dryflyguy]

JackM wrote:
Bread.

They kinda look like suppositories to me!

 

[troutbert]

pete41 wrote:
worked pretty well on the Penns back in the dark ages,everywhere else in Pa. I tried them.

What kind of inchworm pattern did you use back then? And when was this?

 

[pete41]

Those trimmed hair patterns were all some of the regs at the paradise used.They didn't always catch a lot of fish but caught nicer ones than I was on letort ants and 22 fur bodied nymphs.They usually used green.
so when I started tying [mainly by stealing ideas] my final choice looked exactly like those in the picture.It was an OMG moment seeing the pic..Too young and dumb to know why they worked but they did.I mentioned them many times on here but to deaf ear.
Early 60s

 

[pete41]

Long time ago but recall didn't use in Cumberland valley--worked well in he mountains.Hatchery food,caddis or both can't say-but size 14 heavy wet fly ,looked like the ones n picture,fished as nymphs .Moved west and got into bigger flies of western pattern.

 

[Biggie]

I watched a guy use that bread fly in the run at Boiling Springs. He was hooking up about every cast.

 

[pete41]

if you're hungry enough bread,caddis cases and inch worms all look the same.lol
I know it was deadly on just released rainbows in Delaware's Pike creek----catching and releasing them one after another after another out of one little hole until the other ten or so all baiters decided enough was enough and it was time for me to leave.
YESSS---loved it.