eroc144
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I did the same road trip as ezpickins (I came up from SE PA) although I fished a different section of the stream.
Date: 2010-05-12
Time: 10:00am - 6:30pm
Weather: Fog > Overcast > Partly cloudy > Overcast
Air Temp: 45F - 60F
Water Temp: 50F - 56F
Flow: Dropping from 150CFS - 125CFS
Clarity: Murky
Hatches: Sulphur (Invaria)
Results: Thumb up
I started about halfway between the Paradise and Rt550 (near the Spring Creek Access area by the Farm) and given the murk I was pounding lead and swinging larger flies. I "nymphed up" 4 nice ones by noon on Ephemerella nymphs and an oversized brown & grouse, the largest around 16". I moved down to the section above Rt 550 and around 3pm the Invarias started coming off. The only problem was that there were no rises, except for a lone 12" brown who vaulted clear out of the water to take a Sulphur flying a few inches over the surface. Since I haven't perfected my "hover float" I continued to pound the bottom.
For an hour the only critters feeding were the ducks and the birds. At 4pm I saw a first rise at the edge of the stream, and spent the next 45 mins trying to coax an absolutely enormous brown trout out of a ridiculous feeding area. The lie was, of course, under a bush, in a small, slow-water pocket with a fast riffle above, on the side and below. The hog was picking duns off the water lazily, and I could see it's white hog mouth open wide as it inhaled the Invarias. Even doing a relaxed "head and tail" rise it was moving some serious water! I tossed comparaduns, hackle-wings, thorax ties, emergers and more, and the hog would give each a trial rise but then wouldn't give them another look. I cast from above, the side and below, but just couldn't coax it out. Oh well, sometimes the trout you don't catch stick with you longer than the ones you do!
I spent the next 90 mins catching easier prey until my comparadun was frayed beyond recognition. By 6:30 there were no more flies on the water and I decided to pack it in. Good day on the stream definitely worth the 350 driving miles!
EG
Date: 2010-05-12
Time: 10:00am - 6:30pm
Weather: Fog > Overcast > Partly cloudy > Overcast
Air Temp: 45F - 60F
Water Temp: 50F - 56F
Flow: Dropping from 150CFS - 125CFS
Clarity: Murky
Hatches: Sulphur (Invaria)
Results: Thumb up
I started about halfway between the Paradise and Rt550 (near the Spring Creek Access area by the Farm) and given the murk I was pounding lead and swinging larger flies. I "nymphed up" 4 nice ones by noon on Ephemerella nymphs and an oversized brown & grouse, the largest around 16". I moved down to the section above Rt 550 and around 3pm the Invarias started coming off. The only problem was that there were no rises, except for a lone 12" brown who vaulted clear out of the water to take a Sulphur flying a few inches over the surface. Since I haven't perfected my "hover float" I continued to pound the bottom.
For an hour the only critters feeding were the ducks and the birds. At 4pm I saw a first rise at the edge of the stream, and spent the next 45 mins trying to coax an absolutely enormous brown trout out of a ridiculous feeding area. The lie was, of course, under a bush, in a small, slow-water pocket with a fast riffle above, on the side and below. The hog was picking duns off the water lazily, and I could see it's white hog mouth open wide as it inhaled the Invarias. Even doing a relaxed "head and tail" rise it was moving some serious water! I tossed comparaduns, hackle-wings, thorax ties, emergers and more, and the hog would give each a trial rise but then wouldn't give them another look. I cast from above, the side and below, but just couldn't coax it out. Oh well, sometimes the trout you don't catch stick with you longer than the ones you do!
I spent the next 90 mins catching easier prey until my comparadun was frayed beyond recognition. By 6:30 there were no more flies on the water and I decided to pack it in. Good day on the stream definitely worth the 350 driving miles!
EG
