Prospector
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Time Fished: 425pm - 855pm
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, overcast and times of light drizzle.
Water Conditions: 54 degrees, running higher than normal, a tinge of green
Insects: March Browns were hatching, so was a small dark mayfly like a paraleoptopheibia, some Caddis around, a few other insects that I didn’t get a good look at.
I tied on 3 wets at the truck and began getting strikes right away. Action was pretty consistent with the deeper pools being more productive. The combination of flies used today have been fishing well on other streams too. However today the trout wanted the sz 10 olive woolly bugger. Caught 7 on the bugger and had 1 each on the Royal Coachmen and March Brown wet.
As I fished the 3 flies into the first large hole, I noticed that several trout were rising. The risers continued to take flies off the surface as I searched underneath. It didn’t take long for me to re-rig for a dry fly. When the trout are rising you have to go with it.
Once I was ready to fish a dry, I found the trout in this hole were rising more and more. There were about 20 risers and I caught about 15 of them on a March Brown dry.
I continued to fish down through the stretch and into the next hole where I found even more risers. They were not real educated and were easy to convince. I was literally standing in one spot casting to 20 fish and new fish joined the party throughout. They were mostly rainbows in this stretch and they utilized all depths of water and were spread out. It was one of those days where it was just working. I used just 2 flies (after the first one started to sink). It was one of those miracle days. Most took the fly the first time they saw it.
As the day came to a close, many trout had been released and that group will be a little smarter next time around. Today it was nice to catch “a bunch” of trout on dries. It’s not the norm in NWPA. I usually provide my trout totals but I’m leaving it out because some might question the validity.
Also: Had a muskrat swim along the far bank near where I was casting. I haven’t seen a muskrat while fly fishing for a long times.
I was surprised to see at least 4 Night Hawks feeding over the water that I was fishing. They were so cool to watch. I haven’t seen one for years. I took some photos but they were very hard to track.
Weather Conditions: 55 degrees, overcast and times of light drizzle.
Water Conditions: 54 degrees, running higher than normal, a tinge of green
Insects: March Browns were hatching, so was a small dark mayfly like a paraleoptopheibia, some Caddis around, a few other insects that I didn’t get a good look at.
I tied on 3 wets at the truck and began getting strikes right away. Action was pretty consistent with the deeper pools being more productive. The combination of flies used today have been fishing well on other streams too. However today the trout wanted the sz 10 olive woolly bugger. Caught 7 on the bugger and had 1 each on the Royal Coachmen and March Brown wet.
As I fished the 3 flies into the first large hole, I noticed that several trout were rising. The risers continued to take flies off the surface as I searched underneath. It didn’t take long for me to re-rig for a dry fly. When the trout are rising you have to go with it.
Once I was ready to fish a dry, I found the trout in this hole were rising more and more. There were about 20 risers and I caught about 15 of them on a March Brown dry.
I continued to fish down through the stretch and into the next hole where I found even more risers. They were not real educated and were easy to convince. I was literally standing in one spot casting to 20 fish and new fish joined the party throughout. They were mostly rainbows in this stretch and they utilized all depths of water and were spread out. It was one of those days where it was just working. I used just 2 flies (after the first one started to sink). It was one of those miracle days. Most took the fly the first time they saw it.
As the day came to a close, many trout had been released and that group will be a little smarter next time around. Today it was nice to catch “a bunch” of trout on dries. It’s not the norm in NWPA. I usually provide my trout totals but I’m leaving it out because some might question the validity.
Also: Had a muskrat swim along the far bank near where I was casting. I haven’t seen a muskrat while fly fishing for a long times.
I was surprised to see at least 4 Night Hawks feeding over the water that I was fishing. They were so cool to watch. I haven’t seen one for years. I took some photos but they were very hard to track.
