Oil Creek, Venango Co, 4/27/2013

[Sylvaneous]

The previous night's cold didn't portend well for fishing. I fished @ Blood Farm, below the ice dam. The grannoms started a little after 10 and the hatch was light and short. There was a little surface activity. I stuck with a dual rig of sz. 14 pupa and a bead head peacock wetfly. Caught 3 and missed 2. Looked for fish @ Rynd Farm but nada. Checked-out the dam looking for migrating bass stacked-up. Nada again. Noticed a few fish still smacking the surface on the far side channel. Caught 6 and lost 3 on the nymphed and tight-lined wets in short order and then it was over. All rainbows except for 1 brown.
Sunday was overcast and fishing was poor. Caught 1 fair smallmouth and that was all.