The West Branch fishes just like a spring creek this time of year. Check the flows and the expected precipitation before you go. Right now it is running well over 1000, but normal flow this time of year is less than 400

that depends on the stream and the day. generally, in my neck of the woods, a 20 standard dryfly hook is the largest i see. i tie up size 18 2488 for these and will tie them down to 24 2488. i tie 3 different fly styles (loop wing emergers, sparkle dun type emergers and transitionals. i also...

first "fly" rod was dad's garcia that he got in 1960 before a bear hunting trip to alaska. i used it as a cane pole for years. i built my first fly rod that i intentionally used for fly casting. fen-glass 7 1/2' 5 wt with medalist reel and cortland 333 floating line. i bought the outfit...

i bought a pair of the waist high breathable wading "pants" last spring at kettle creek fly shop. the air temp went from 45-88 within 24 hours during the hendrickson hatch in the northcentral pa. freestones. i was sweating like a pig in my G-3s but really comfortable in the frogg toggs. i...

spend the money and buy a good pair i have had the same pair of bronze lens costas for 8 years. my buddies have gone through 3-4 pairs in the same timeframe. i wear them in saltwater on the flats and on the stream. i am gonna get an amber pair this year for those cloudy days that always seem...

matt you are observant the fish was taken on the little j during the p.e.d. hatch (dorothea). sometimes i fish p.m.d.s (invaria?) when the fish get picky and start to refuse the sulphurs. i always say - when color matters - it matters the least.

o.k. so lets do some pretending here - no statistics just anecdotal experience (15 years worth) i'll try to compare apples to apples let's assume as trouser did that a permit is a saltwater bluegill - same body structure etc. so- it will fight better than a tarpon of the same size, huh? the...

matt i haven't been on this sight a lot my "gallery" is under gutcutter

boys sight fishing for 100 pound tarpon in the keys is much harder than any freshwater dry fly fishing - anywhere. i enjoy both equally but for different reasons. with tarpon - you get one shot and it is right now. you have to see the fish, determine it's direction of travel, make the cast...