3wt7X
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Date and Time fished: 10/11/2014 from 0845 am-0200 pm then from 0500 pm- Dark.
Weather/Stream Conditions: Temperatures were in the upper 40's rising to the low 60's throughout the day. Scattered showers in the morning, but nothing heavy, and they cleared off as the day progressed. Partly sunny after about 0100 pm. Little to no wind, and very pleasant for a fall day on Penns!!! The stream was low, but it had a stronger flow than my last trip. I would guess around 110 cfs and clear.
Hatches: Caddis again were the mainstay. Tan caddis 14-16, were coming off fairly steady throughout the morning into the early afternoon. The October caddis were attached to the cabin, but I did not see many around the water. There was a strong bwo hatch around 1200 pm in a size 20, but the fish just let them float down stream. I watched several rising browns ignore bwo after bwo, just to clear the water by a foot rising to a tan caddis. A couple Isos spotted throughout the day, but a decent spinner fall in the evening.
Techniques: I really did not have to switch from an Elk Hair caddis all day. The fish were on them, but I also took a couple on tan pupa emergers, and X-caddis patterns. Large Stonefly nymphs and walts worms took some fish in the heavier pockets.
Results: Another great day on Penns!!! Not a ton of fish, but the weather and the location were perfect and peaceful. I took a very nice 16 inch brown on a Elk Hair caddis in the morning, and the rest was gravy.
Weather/Stream Conditions: Temperatures were in the upper 40's rising to the low 60's throughout the day. Scattered showers in the morning, but nothing heavy, and they cleared off as the day progressed. Partly sunny after about 0100 pm. Little to no wind, and very pleasant for a fall day on Penns!!! The stream was low, but it had a stronger flow than my last trip. I would guess around 110 cfs and clear.
Hatches: Caddis again were the mainstay. Tan caddis 14-16, were coming off fairly steady throughout the morning into the early afternoon. The October caddis were attached to the cabin, but I did not see many around the water. There was a strong bwo hatch around 1200 pm in a size 20, but the fish just let them float down stream. I watched several rising browns ignore bwo after bwo, just to clear the water by a foot rising to a tan caddis. A couple Isos spotted throughout the day, but a decent spinner fall in the evening.
Techniques: I really did not have to switch from an Elk Hair caddis all day. The fish were on them, but I also took a couple on tan pupa emergers, and X-caddis patterns. Large Stonefly nymphs and walts worms took some fish in the heavier pockets.
Results: Another great day on Penns!!! Not a ton of fish, but the weather and the location were perfect and peaceful. I took a very nice 16 inch brown on a Elk Hair caddis in the morning, and the rest was gravy.
