sidthemuffinrunner
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- May 28, 2010
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Up early and fished the Yough starting below where the Casselman dumps. I probably made it about two miles downstream from there fishing everything that would fit my tandem streamer rig. My friend and I had success early landing about a 15-16 in. brown, a decent smallmouth and two 14 in. rainbows. All were had on a 5 in. Circus Peanut variation with a wool head stripped fast and high in the water column. Really a fun way to fish.
I just purchased a new setup. 8wt rod with a 10wt Access mid arbor reel and a 250 grain sinking line (30 ft head). It was perfect, handled two big flies and some seriously long roll casting.
My friend is relatively new to fly fishing , but has picked it up beautifully. A lot of times I'll just watch him fish, give my critique, praise, whatever. Towards 11am we find a run and I let him cast first. Second cast in there and he hooks the largest brown he's ever seen. He estimated more than two feet. Coming from a guy who always undervalues the size of fish I consider this a value estimate. It hit very close to the surface. Two seconds later and it broke off taking the fly too. Both of us were a state of shock... #censor#, did that really just happen? Well it did and I made sure to bug him about it for the entire day.
We finished by driving up to Ohiopyle and walking up the railroad tracks. fished about another hour. Nothing.
Insect activity was minimal as we got rained on for most of the trip. believe it or not I saw more Dobson adults than anything else. i did hear some cicadas, but they were minimal. More importantly, I heard them driving back on Route 51... they were EVERYWHERE. I expect they'll be in the Cedar Creek stretch.
The Yough is beautiful, fickle, and powerful but also a complete tease. Some days make you wonder if there are any trout in there. Other days are magnificent, like today.
I just purchased a new setup. 8wt rod with a 10wt Access mid arbor reel and a 250 grain sinking line (30 ft head). It was perfect, handled two big flies and some seriously long roll casting.
My friend is relatively new to fly fishing , but has picked it up beautifully. A lot of times I'll just watch him fish, give my critique, praise, whatever. Towards 11am we find a run and I let him cast first. Second cast in there and he hooks the largest brown he's ever seen. He estimated more than two feet. Coming from a guy who always undervalues the size of fish I consider this a value estimate. It hit very close to the surface. Two seconds later and it broke off taking the fly too. Both of us were a state of shock... #censor#, did that really just happen? Well it did and I made sure to bug him about it for the entire day.
We finished by driving up to Ohiopyle and walking up the railroad tracks. fished about another hour. Nothing.
Insect activity was minimal as we got rained on for most of the trip. believe it or not I saw more Dobson adults than anything else. i did hear some cicadas, but they were minimal. More importantly, I heard them driving back on Route 51... they were EVERYWHERE. I expect they'll be in the Cedar Creek stretch.
The Yough is beautiful, fickle, and powerful but also a complete tease. Some days make you wonder if there are any trout in there. Other days are magnificent, like today.
