Frustration

[timinator]

Fished last night on a local creek in Berks Co.. Trout were breaking the surface regularly, sometimes completely out of the water. From what I remember this behavior means they are chasing emerging nymphs to the surface. Drifting a dry fly over the rises did not work. I tried a PT nymph dropper, no luck. Also tried green weenie, white soft hackle steamer. To make matters worse some local kid shows up with spinning gear and some sort of bait in a bag, and on his 3rd or 4th cast, lands a 12" plus trout! And dad ran back to the truck for the stringer! I moved on to another section and experienced simular results. The flies coming off appeared to be sulphurs, a bit large. Any suggestions on a pattern to entice these jumping (stocked) fish?

Thanks

 

[sstasiak]

Try swinging an emerger pattern right through where you see the fish rising.

 

[Fireman202]

Had the same problem on the saddle river yesteday.. Gin clear water and rising fish but none took my fly.. I tried dries, wets and nymphs. May have to go with a longer leader I was using a 7'

Nice rises though in many pools and there was a hatch.. not sure what they were but some where just black wings and clear body the others had a tint of red to the body!

 

[Fly Ty R]

Try a floating food pellet fly...


If you don't have any emerger flies, take a small dry fly, clip off most of the hackle on the top and bottom, clip the wings down to a nub, and shorten the tail a bit. It's not pretty, but does work as an emerger substitute.

 

[emerger]

Try swinging a soft hackle wet fly. Tie the body the same color as the hatching insects and then wrap a hungarian partridge hackle.