Hot-dog Hatch

[McAwful]

We hit the South Branch today to get in on the Hendrickson hatch. When we got to the river the shucks were on the water, a few were in the air and the rises were sporadic. It seems they started an hour earlier than they normally would. However I did discover an entirely new hatch today. Check out the new species of Mayfly I discovered
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<O</OAfter classifying this new species Ephemerella Oscar Meyer, I figured I would wade down to a different riffle and see if the fish were rising better. After fishing it through I spotted a HUGE FISH in the tail out. Judging from the size of the fish it was eating "Oscars" all winter long. I searched through my flies and came up with the closest match. After about 15 minutes of sight fishing and a different fly from John Collins I scored.<O</O
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My first pike on the fly. I was using my 4wt dry fly rod too! This one is being cooked up for fish cakes by Mr. Collins. These fish are a really bad deal in the SBRR, eating up are Native Brookies and Stream-bred Browns. Had I caught it in another body of water I would have let it go. We even scored a few on dries later on. Great day for me and the now safer, little wild fish.


McA

 

[dcabarle]

That thing is nasty looking, I wonder whats been eating at him?

How were the hendricksons?

Did you cut that thing open to see if was eating any trout?

 

[McAwful]

Dennis,

I would imagine another Pike was eating at him!

We hit the river at about 12:30. Judging from the ammount of shucks on the water/lack of Duns in the air, we were an hour late and missed a good one.

Collins said he would check the stomach contents, but I have not heard back if it had Trout in it. I have seen them chasing Trout below the Clairmont.

MCA

 

[Corndog]

A couple summers back, while fishing the BFB, my son hooked a small bow (just below 206) and while fighting it a Pickerel attacked the bow, got hooked on his nymph somehow and he landed it. By the time he got it in, the little bow's tail was all that was visible in its throat. It didn't go back in the river either.

Pickled Pickerel is to die for.

Cdog

 

[BIGBOW]

Pickled Pickerel is to die for.

Cdog

A real man would've made a pickerel corndog!!

 

[Corndog]

A real man would've made a pickerel corndog!!

Corndog a Pickerel??? Only a baiter would do something like that.

Cdog

 

[Drossi]

Ugly arse green snakes with tails. From the SBR they suck but if were talking from an 8 inch hole in the ice. Different story.

 

[CR]

shoulda tied the hot dog on a hook and used it as bait!

 

[sandfly]

I would have released it..sorry but I like catchin them also...they will eat more minnows(chubs) than trout and that means less minnows to eat trout eggs !!

 

[MACFLY]

Corndog a Pickerel??? Only a baiter would do something like that.

Cdog

Bigbow is beginning to worry me.

 

[sqerl]

I really really want to catch a pike on the fly! where are you finding them in the South Branch? I fished most of the South branch from the KLG down to clinton and again south of clinton but not as far as I would have liked...

maybe this spring I'll get out on Spuce Run and try out some of my pike flies I tied....

 

[Corndog]

Bigbow is beginning to worry me.

No need to worry about BB...he's a gentle man.

Cdog

 

[sqerl]

shoulda tied the hot dog on a hook and used it as bait!

or get a a couple large 2/0 hooks, use some heavy mono to tie them in series and make a massive deer hair hot dog pattern... any one up for a "fast food" fly swap?

we'll need one of each:

March Brown Hot Dog
Parachute Whopper
Pheasant Tail Big Mac
Apple Pie Zonker
French Fry Bead Head

did I miss any? :rofl: