Summer trout

[Lovtoflyfish]

Hello new to the site. I've been fly fishing last few years, picking up tips as I go. Need some tips on catching summer trout and what's everyone using for bass?

 

[albatross]

#1 for summer trout, fish when/where the water is cool. A tailwater like the Youghiogheny would fit the bill close to Pittsburgh. For smallmouth try t a popper or a wooly bugger in different colors.

 

[TimMurphy]

Hello new to the site. I've been fly fishing last few years, picking up tips as I go. Need some tips on catching summer trout and what's everyone using for bass?

Welcome aboard,

I'll echo what albatross said, for trout check the water temperature and stick to mornings until about noon or so unless you are certain the water temperature is still less than 68 degrees. The water will cool down a bit this week because of the air temperature dropping. But with the water so low and clear right now a bright sunny day beating on the river bottom will warm the water higher than the air temperature if the bottom is dark and rocky. At 1:15 today the water temperature on Pine Creek in Waterville was 73.4 degrees. I guarantee the air temp was less than that because at 2:00 PM it's only 70 degrees where I live in Harrisburg.

For smallmouth and largemouth bass you can use the same flies for the most part. Simple foam poppers or Sneaky Petes in sizes 2 to 6 will catch both. Clouser minnows and Murdiches are great choices if you want to fish streamers. Wolly Buggers in the same sizes will catch both basses. If you are fishing a river or larger stream you can often get smallies to hit a dead drifted Wolly Bugger under an indicator as it can represent a minnow, or a leech, or even a crayfish when fished that way. I like earth colors like olive, brown, and black for most of my bass fishing. But white, yellow, purple and chartreuse also work too. When the fish are actively feeding it's kind of tough to throw something that will make them stop.

Go out and experiment, you'll dial things in pretty quickly.

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂

 

[turkey]

Tailwaters, bass ponds, and smallie habitat are where I spend my summers. Great advice from Alby and Tim. Slate drakes can be a thing for trout, midges, some tail races have prolonged hatches of sulphurs, Cahill and even freshwater shrimp. Bass blowing up a popper, slider, gurgle, etc. is as good or better than a trout sipping a dun. Again Tim's rec of Clousers, Murdich minnows, and I'll add a Deceiver are enough to catch anything.

Makes me feel like every season is the best season. Have fun!

 

[PatchezMDM]

Welcome aboard.

 

[tomgamber]

Summer trout. Some are not.

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

I recommend Delayed Harvest areas for summer trout. You can take up to three fish home with you, if the water is too warm to revive them.