Little Lehigh, Lehigh Co, 2/6/2012

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Fished today from about 9am to 12:30pm. Water was crystal clear.Caught 5 ,all browns ,lost 3 ,had5 hits. Hooked 1 and it wrapped leader around an underwater snag and I broke leader trying to free it.
 
Hi, thanks for the report. Can you give some details on the technique please? Did you see any hatches?
 
by vdragan on 2012/2/8 10:41:17

Hi, thanks for the report. Can you give some details on the technique please? Did you see any hatches?


No spoon feeding! Fished LL on Sun, was 1 4 2, saw some BWO around. Getting close boys, suckers are very active and ducks are in pre-loving stage!
 
vdragon; I was EU nymph fishing,with my own patterns,all takes were on anchor fly
 
Thank you. I did a search on the "anchor fly", there are many variations, but I guess the key word is "anchor" (ie. fished on the bottom). It's good you were able to get close to the fish in such clear water conditions.
 
Sorry, I think you did mean the fly on the bottom, not a particular pattern (in the meantime I read a little bit on the European style).
 
Vdragan-

let me know what your schedule is like via e-mail, I have been doing pretty well with this style of nymphing on our "home" water. Maybe we can get out sometime and I can show you what i have been doing.

Erik
 
oh great, now there will be a "fishing-style burn" thread hitting 21 pages 😉

but yeah, czech and euro techniques do work very well in the Lehigh Valley if you pick the right patterns.
 
I fished the L.L. on the 14th and managed 8 to include 1-17" brown, not sure if it was stocked. It did fight good. 2-on dries, 1-tight line nymphing, and the rest floating the curly with 7x. All the nymphs has tungsten beads and P.T. caught a few, lightning bug caught another. Water was insane low and clear.
 
17" brown on 7x ... hats off to ya !! WOW !!! I bet that took a while to bring in ? was he exhausted ?
 
troutslammer wrote:
17" brown on 7x ... hats off to ya !! WOW !!! I bet that took a while to bring in ? was he exhausted ?
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Not if you know what you are doing, particularily this time of year. Of course I don't handle, pick up fish. Just a quick twist of the wrist with a hemostat and they are on their way. How about you?
 
not trying to derail the thread just posting a question that was mentioned in an earlier post . outsider what brand 7x tippet do you use ? nylon or fluoro ? I don't nymph with 7x but don't claim to know what i am doing either . Am always willing to learn though from guys like you !
 
7x floro, only reason I used it was because I ran out of 6x. I know te fish there can be picky. Took a little while to get in but he was fine. The sage ESN 4wt is out of this world. Normally fish like that drop off. Floating the curly worked good there. Other key thing I did was got him on the reel quickly. Learned that a few years ago.
 
most of the time the diff. in 7x and 5x is 2 thousands of an inch , i always thought that didn't really matter much . what sz nymphs were you using ?
 
Jkil ,

I would use the same sulfur nymphs u said worked so well the other day for ya on the LL in low clear water . Hope this helps ya :-? :-? :-?
 
Thanks, I'll remember that. Just want a few specific nymphs when the fish get picky.
 
troutslammer wrote:
not trying to derail the thread just posting a question that was mentioned in an earlier post . outsider what brand 7x tippet do you use ? nylon or fluoro ? I don't nymph with 7x but don't claim to know what i am doing either . Am always willing to learn though from guys like you !
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The strongest I can find, as long as it is supple. I don't like stiff tippet material that can impede the drift. I don't know if nylon or fluoro makes a difference from the fishes point of view. But I use 7x tippet for smaller flies, especially where there are selective fish. Typically size 18 and smaller. If I can get away with heavier tippet, I will.

I also don't like to handle fish. The slime on them is there for a reason.
 
Try this stuff. It's the best I've used w/great knot strength. Tippett is too expensve unless you have sacks of money buried in the back yard. # per # vs others I've used, it's stronger and a lower diameter plus you can save some on $/spool.

Pline Fluorclear - 2# (7x equivalent). I've landed 23-24" trout with it so it's proven. Plus it doesn't kink and curl after tying a couple of knots and landing fish.

I started using it for steelhead and it hasn't disapointed. The only negative is the light stuff is hard to find. Get it online and save $.

Good luck.
 
Fished LLH today 8:30 12:30, Hooked 16 landed 8, 1 fat bow brook off when i tried to get him close enough to release. He took my last fly that I was catching them on.
 
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