Prospector
Well-known member
Time Fished: 710pm - 920pm
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, Overcast
Water Conditions: 60 degrees, slightly off color, flow was higher than usual
Insects: Caddis, Midges, 1 Coffin Fly
Since Tionesta Creek didn’t fish well this morning, I decided to hit the South Branch this evening. When I arrived a bait fisherman was there. He was using
minnows and wax worms. He made it sound like he hadn’t done very well but he claimed to have fished there for 4 hours. I think he caught some.
I went upstream so the other guy could be alone. At first there was just a smattering of rises (maybe 5 trout) and lots of time between rises. I cycled through at least 3 flies before I had my first fish. There was a fairly long drought between fish #1 and fish #2. They were pretty picky at first. Some of that was a result of the various speeds the current was flowing.
Ended up a #16 tan caddis was the fly. Once I got to 10 trout (all browns) my fly began to sink. This was the beginning of the time when it’s real hard to see a dry fly.
I had caught (or stuck) most of the risers but I kept casting . I was straining to see the take, but it became clear that my fly was “going wet”. When I would pick up my line to cast I felt the fish under the surface. That happened 3 times where my fly sank and I had a brown. I ended with 11 browns.
The creek bottom here is very thick and I jumped a fawn from its bed when I was working upstream. That’s 3 creekside fawns in 3 days.
Enjoy the streams while the cooler temps remain.
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, Overcast
Water Conditions: 60 degrees, slightly off color, flow was higher than usual
Insects: Caddis, Midges, 1 Coffin Fly
Since Tionesta Creek didn’t fish well this morning, I decided to hit the South Branch this evening. When I arrived a bait fisherman was there. He was using
minnows and wax worms. He made it sound like he hadn’t done very well but he claimed to have fished there for 4 hours. I think he caught some.
I went upstream so the other guy could be alone. At first there was just a smattering of rises (maybe 5 trout) and lots of time between rises. I cycled through at least 3 flies before I had my first fish. There was a fairly long drought between fish #1 and fish #2. They were pretty picky at first. Some of that was a result of the various speeds the current was flowing.
Ended up a #16 tan caddis was the fly. Once I got to 10 trout (all browns) my fly began to sink. This was the beginning of the time when it’s real hard to see a dry fly.
I had caught (or stuck) most of the risers but I kept casting . I was straining to see the take, but it became clear that my fly was “going wet”. When I would pick up my line to cast I felt the fish under the surface. That happened 3 times where my fly sank and I had a brown. I ended with 11 browns.
The creek bottom here is very thick and I jumped a fawn from its bed when I was working upstream. That’s 3 creekside fawns in 3 days.
Enjoy the streams while the cooler temps remain.
