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golden beetle
New member
Stockies in the meat hole...
sunsignarcher
New member
I like mine in a #14
Professor Fly
Fly-fishing is for geniuses and fools! >>))))>
Whenever I fish the KLG, I wade in a little and flip over rocks to see what's happening in the river. I've had luck with a size 14/16 beadhead prince nymph.
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
I hooked about 5 or 6 in there today, on a wd40, and sucker spawn egg pattern, none came to hand, the hit these fish put on is very subtle, they take my nymph i set the hook, they are on for a bit then seem to slide right off. this gentleman was fishing across from me and caught this nice brown.
(i obscured his face, because i do not know him well, but he seemed cool) i had to take a pic, that fish fought nicely.
Matt Grobert
6/0 Olive Danville
So you are finding size 14/16 beadhead prince nymphs on the rocks? :fish:
That fly works great in that river.
Matt Grobert
6/0 Olive Danville
With the water in the SBR being so low, and the air temperatures being 80 degrees F, has anyone taken the water temperature. It must be getting close to 70 mid afternoon, of not higher. It stinks that we have to think about that so early in the season, but that may become an issue the next few days for the trout.
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
i did not have a stream thermometer with me today, but the water still seemed pretty cool to the touch, the reading on Shannon's page said about 58, we could use some rain to get the river up and moving again, saturday's forecast seems to be cooler air temps, mid 70's, the fish were active today.
Professor Fly
Fly-fishing is for geniuses and fools! >>))))>
So you are finding size 14/16 beadhead prince nymphs on the rocks? :fish:
That fly works great in that river.
Yea dude, you have to look for beadheads under magnetic rocks! :chair:
FIN-ITE 34
Active member
As Grobert would say "sharpen your hooks".
Rusty Spinner
Active member
I fished the Paulins Kill today and the water temps were marginal. Like Matt says, time to take temps unfortunately. The fish are active which is a nice plus when temps are good.
tomfly
The only thing left should be foot prints.
Fished the Gorge this evening. Fishing was good. I have never seen it this low at this time of the year. We need a few days of soaking rain desperately. Little Black caddis were coming sporadically some fish were on them. I did well with a pheasant tail RS2.
looking for walter
Fished the gorge this morning from 7 to 1 or so. Started off with a hares ear and small olive rs2. Got an 18 inch brown on the hares ear. Eventually put on a size 18 higa sos. Fish seemed to really like the higa and I landed 15 or so stockies in the time I was there. At one I hooked a brown that was substantially larger than the 22 inch I landed and posted photos of last week. It got me into my back and ran downstream into a log jam and snapped me off.
In having hooked a few 20 plus inch fish this season at the gorge I have come to realize something. None of these fish were found in pools such as the trestle or the pool with the steep ledge by the lower parking lot. All of these larger fish were found in shallower harder to reach water. The b and c water seems to hold larger fish while the a water holds fresh stockies. Obviously there are exceptions to this but this seems to be the general trend for me.
Size 16 and 18 black caddis were also everywhere today but I did not see any rises.
I will be there again tomorrow morning, I drive the silver two door bmw and will give anyone some higa sos if they want one.
In having hooked a few 20 plus inch fish this season at the gorge I have come to realize something. None of these fish were found in pools such as the trestle or the pool with the steep ledge by the lower parking lot. All of these larger fish were found in shallower harder to reach water. The b and c water seems to hold larger fish while the a water holds fresh stockies. Obviously there are exceptions to this but this seems to be the general trend for me.
Size 16 and 18 black caddis were also everywhere today but I did not see any rises.
I will be there again tomorrow morning, I drive the silver two door bmw and will give anyone some higa sos if they want one.
moosekid
Handsomest Neff Member
good report. i might show my face tomorrow -- i drive a gilded platinum delorean (3 door)
Rusty Spinner
Active member
It's awesome to read about giant fish in the KLG without worrying some spin angler will be there tomorrow to impale it on his stringer. In short time, 20" trout will not be at all uncommon during a day's outing in the Gorge. Call me a FFing snob, I don't care. We need some water where the trout can grow large without being tomato plant food after sitting in someone's freezer a few months.
tomfly
The only thing left should be foot prints.
The state needs to ban treble hooks for this to work. I would see the whole stretch barbless.
Rusty Spinner
Active member
I like it and think all our no-kills and TCAs should be barbless, no treble hooks.
gregschmegg
New member
"I like it and think all our no-kills and TCAs should be barbless, no treble hooks."
All of our NJ TCAs, what few there are, should have year round no-kill regulations. That regulation alone will get rid of most spin guys and treble hooks.
All of our NJ TCAs, what few there are, should have year round no-kill regulations. That regulation alone will get rid of most spin guys and treble hooks.
looking for walter
Fished again on Sunday, a bit slower than Saturday but still was fishing extremely well. Fished a slot between two big boulders and hooked what I thought was a log or snag at first. As I started yanking on the line trying to break it free, what looked and felt like a steelhead shot down river. It jumped 2 or 3 times about 4 feet out of the water. Ended up getting me into my backing and then running all the way back up stream and breaking me off where I hooked him. He must have been one of the kamloops shannons has been stocking, looked like two footballs lined up behind each other.
There are actually a great number of very large fish in the gorge, it is just so hard to land a large fish with all those boulders, runs, and snags. Like I said before, it seems like most people fish within 100 yards of the trestle or of the lower parking lot. None of the large fish I have been hooking have come from anywhere near there. It may be hard to believe but there are sections of the Gorge which receive MUCH less pressure than most of the river and the fish there are more willing to take a fly, but people are lazy and I assume it will stay that way.
There are actually a great number of very large fish in the gorge, it is just so hard to land a large fish with all those boulders, runs, and snags. Like I said before, it seems like most people fish within 100 yards of the trestle or of the lower parking lot. None of the large fish I have been hooking have come from anywhere near there. It may be hard to believe but there are sections of the Gorge which receive MUCH less pressure than most of the river and the fish there are more willing to take a fly, but people are lazy and I assume it will stay that way.
Rusty Spinner
Active member
Give it another day to cool off. Today will spike at possibly over 90 degrees although it remains overcast so that might not happen which is a good thing. By Thursday, all rivers in our greater tri-state area should be fishing very well. And NJ will see our first sulphur hatches in a few days as well, later in the Catskills of course.
dcabarle
Administrator
The problem is that Cannonsville is not releasing water. Once Cannonsville opens the gates, the SBR will raise to acceptable levels and of course cool off.
Once this happens, I'll take the first 3 people to respond on a float starting behind the old general store in Long Valley all the way down to the end of the Gorge. Deal?
lightenup
A fan of Boobery
I'm in....in fact, if you let me, I will row over the dam In Califon.........I will also bring coffee for everyone...I think we should anchor-up right behind the River Stix...I hear there are some large native rainbow trout in that area that will make for good smokin'.......
I will also include four of these to take along for fun..
https://www.balloonbonanzastore.com/?mid=6470262
Rusty Spinner
Active member
True, and mixed in with native cutthroats as well
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
It's supposed to dip back in to the low 70's, maybe that'll cool the rivers a bit?, a nice full day of rain would not hurt either.
coloradoguide
New member
I fished the Gorge 5/12/15 and it was pretty slow. Hooked 6 on caddis pupa fishing them under a big stimi dry. Didn't feel like nymphing. Didn't see a single rise anywhere, and I quit by 3 as it seemed like water was getting to warm. Need rain.
