FlyFishingSEPA
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Yesterday I decided to continue exploring Pickering Creek for the third time. The water was very clear and the flow was typical for what I have seen there. I began fishing a deep, slow pool with plenty of fish rising throughout. My setup for this stretch was a dry-dropper rig with a #8 green fat Albert dry and a #16 green bird of prey nymph. Because I was using my tight lining rod, I didn’t have the proper setup to cast small dries, so the fat Albert was more of an indicator in this case.
After 15 minutes of casting and no luck, I had a fish come up and sip the dry fly. As I set the hook, I realized I had a second brown trout on the dropper at the same time. Unfortunately, the smaller trout on the dropper ended up dislodging the barbless dry from the larger trout’s lip. It was a shame I missed my first trout double-up, but it was an interesting experience nonetheless. The first picture is the small brown I caught during this debacle. I could not decide if it was a wild brown or just a small stocked brown. Anyone have a guess?
The second brown from the day was caught on the same dry fly. It decided the take a couple close looks at the fly before sipping it on the third or fourth pass. It was a nice 14-15” stocked brown trout.
I continued upstream and continued fishing until the sun was nearly setting. The only fish I encountered for the rest of the evening were tiny smallmouths (~7” max). I still have yet to find any decent SMB in the ChesCo area.
After 15 minutes of casting and no luck, I had a fish come up and sip the dry fly. As I set the hook, I realized I had a second brown trout on the dropper at the same time. Unfortunately, the smaller trout on the dropper ended up dislodging the barbless dry from the larger trout’s lip. It was a shame I missed my first trout double-up, but it was an interesting experience nonetheless. The first picture is the small brown I caught during this debacle. I could not decide if it was a wild brown or just a small stocked brown. Anyone have a guess?
The second brown from the day was caught on the same dry fly. It decided the take a couple close looks at the fly before sipping it on the third or fourth pass. It was a nice 14-15” stocked brown trout.
I continued upstream and continued fishing until the sun was nearly setting. The only fish I encountered for the rest of the evening were tiny smallmouths (~7” max). I still have yet to find any decent SMB in the ChesCo area.
