Post by Fisherman on May 23, 2007 20:57:11 GMT -5
I was up with my brother in law at his cabin right by Penns Creek. There was about 8 of us all together fly fishing from Sunday-Wednesday.
Sunday night a few were caught, nothing really of any size.
Monday we fished for 15 hours nymphing in the early morning and afternoon untill about 5 when the fish started rising. They started to take some Sulphers and everyone caught a few nice fish but me. I got skunked. =(
Tuesday seemed to be my day. I was the master. I caught a very nice brown trout about 13-14 inches nymphing with a dropper. I caught him on a Copper John. ( That seemed to be working very well all week.) Tuesday afternoon we went Native Brook Fishing but it was incredibly difficult because the stream was no wider then 4 feet and deeper then 3 inches. Very spooky fish but beautiful to see. Tuesday night I shined. I lost a few on a March Brown Spinner then started to nail them left and right on a Sulpher and Yellow Drake dry fly fishing. I caught a very nice 17 inch brown trout. It was worth being skunked the day before. I lost another one 20+ inches.
Wednesday we hit spring creek and did a little nymphing in the morning. I caught a few smaller ones and got lucky with one rising sporadically and caught him on a sulpher.
The sulpher fly really isn't in full force hatch yet but when the water warms up there it will be great. I'm thinking around Memorial Day Weekend. I do know some local streams like the Little Lehigh produce a good sulpher hatch coming up I think.
Backround Info on Penns Creek:
Penns Creek is by far the hardest place to flyfish in probably the whole United States. All trout are wild by the way and are picky. This time of year there are so many hatches coming off sometimes dozens at a time and you have to find out what they are taking at the moment. Your fly is just one fly out of the millions and millions in there. Fly Fishing experts say if you can catch fish out of Penns Creek, you can catch fish anywhere in the world. I learned how to flyfish here and it was frustrating at first but knowing now that I can catch fish anywhere is a good feeling. The average fish is 16 inches in this stream.
By the way, all of us are Trout Unlimited members are ALL fish were released healthy and lively. That is always great to see.
I have a few pictures but unfortionatly the big one I had was in the dark and it did not come out well. When they are e-mailed to me, I will post them up here and perhaps e-mail Gordons to see if we can get a nice one posted on the website.
Sunday night a few were caught, nothing really of any size.
Monday we fished for 15 hours nymphing in the early morning and afternoon untill about 5 when the fish started rising. They started to take some Sulphers and everyone caught a few nice fish but me. I got skunked. =(
Tuesday seemed to be my day. I was the master. I caught a very nice brown trout about 13-14 inches nymphing with a dropper. I caught him on a Copper John. ( That seemed to be working very well all week.) Tuesday afternoon we went Native Brook Fishing but it was incredibly difficult because the stream was no wider then 4 feet and deeper then 3 inches. Very spooky fish but beautiful to see. Tuesday night I shined. I lost a few on a March Brown Spinner then started to nail them left and right on a Sulpher and Yellow Drake dry fly fishing. I caught a very nice 17 inch brown trout. It was worth being skunked the day before. I lost another one 20+ inches.
Wednesday we hit spring creek and did a little nymphing in the morning. I caught a few smaller ones and got lucky with one rising sporadically and caught him on a sulpher.
The sulpher fly really isn't in full force hatch yet but when the water warms up there it will be great. I'm thinking around Memorial Day Weekend. I do know some local streams like the Little Lehigh produce a good sulpher hatch coming up I think.
Backround Info on Penns Creek:
Penns Creek is by far the hardest place to flyfish in probably the whole United States. All trout are wild by the way and are picky. This time of year there are so many hatches coming off sometimes dozens at a time and you have to find out what they are taking at the moment. Your fly is just one fly out of the millions and millions in there. Fly Fishing experts say if you can catch fish out of Penns Creek, you can catch fish anywhere in the world. I learned how to flyfish here and it was frustrating at first but knowing now that I can catch fish anywhere is a good feeling. The average fish is 16 inches in this stream.
By the way, all of us are Trout Unlimited members are ALL fish were released healthy and lively. That is always great to see.
I have a few pictures but unfortionatly the big one I had was in the dark and it did not come out well. When they are e-mailed to me, I will post them up here and perhaps e-mail Gordons to see if we can get a nice one posted on the website.