Spring Creek and brookie stream, Centre County, 3/7 and 3/8

[pcray1231]

Made a trip to State College this weekend.

Saturday: Fished Spring from around 11 till 4:30. Lots of guys. Outhiked them, but the area we ended up with usually has very few rising fish. I managed to nymph up 4, and my friend 1. Very few BWO's sited, most fish came on olive nymphs or midge larvae.

Sunday am: Hit a local brookie stream. Tough fishing, water real low and still very cold. I managed 2 fish, my friend 1, and a few misses and lost fish. Dissapointing first outing of the year on the mountain streams.

Sunday pm: Back to spring from about 12 till 4. Rain and getting colder. Less guys out, so we fished an area where I know fish rise more often. Lots of midging trout. BWO's kept making pushes to get a hatch going, it'd start to pick up and you could see a number at a time, a fish here and there would rise to one, and then a rainstorm would hit. Rain would end and the BWO's would start trickling off again, and then more rain. Never did get going good, but it wanted to. Final score: me: 5, my friend: 2. Most taken on midges on top, 2 were underneath, but on the same cast! Those are the only I got on nymphs all day, what are the chances?

Fishin was rough this weekend, but I can say the average size was pretty good. Here are some pictures of the weekend. The 2 fish pic was from the 2 fish cast....

http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g259/pcray1231/March%2009%20Centre%20County/?albumview=slideshow

 

[tomgamber]

nice pics ray...

 

[David]

pretty little brookie stream!

thanks for the pics

 

[JustFish]

Nice pics....hoping to get up that way soon.

 

[ryguyfi]

Never had a double before... was it hard to bring them in? I'd be afraid to break the dropper with the 2 fish going different directions. Always thought about that.

 

[pcray1231]

Well, it wasn't my first double. But it was a major surprise, most of my doubles have come on very good days where I can do no wrong. Yesterday wasn't like that, I couldn't buy a hit on a nymph, and then wam, there's 2.

Anyway, yeah, I was worried about the tippet. The dropper and everything above it was 4x or greater, but the point fly was a midge larvae on 6x. They don't fight you all that hard, they fight against each other more. It just feels strange, like a heavy fish, then a dink, then a heavy fish again. Once I saw them and realized what was going on I was worried about the tippet, but there's nothing you can do, playing them slower doesn't help matters. They came in, I got them on shore and snapped the pic, then put one in the water while I let the other go. Ended up with a fine tangle....

 

[afishinado]

Anyone ever have a multiple fly reverse double? Both flies in one fishes mouth? It happened to me a few times, goes to show it's not always that easy to detect a strike.

 

[jayL]

Afish,

I've done that before. Crazy.

 

[tomgamber]

I have managed to catch the fish on one and have the other get stuck somewhere along the dorsal area during the fight. Especially when you get those ones that like to roll like Steelhead.

 

[bjkaledas]

Those are really nice pictures. What kind of camera is that?

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Acristickid]

Nice pictures.

Always nice to look at folks pictures while your at work on a dreary Tuesday morning. I mean for those that work of course.

 

[pcray1231]

Camera is a Canon SD4something. Around 5 MP I believe, would have to see the specs to know for sure. Roughly 4 years old. Pictures taken while in a plastic waterproof (snorkeling) case also made by Canon.

It does take nice pictures. Once you reach 3-4 MP, quality of the glass and the electronics are a lot more important than the number of MP (that is unless you want to blow it up to poster size or somethign). Thats one reason you're better brands like Canon and Nikon are more expensive for the same specs, the glass is better. Of course there's also the brand markup too.

But, these pictures I didn't see as all that great. Its not on the highest setting, the picture size was shrunk for internet use, and it rained a lot, tried to wipe the water off the lens before each pic but once your shirt is soaked, its no use....