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theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
Sstasiack you can take fish on caddis terestrials and midges but sulphers as mentioned are the hot ticket right now. If you see a fish rising dont be afraid to throw a sulpur at him as long as the sulphur is attached to your tippet 
. That worked for me this past weekend while in the Lehigh area. If you do go dont expect to see the sulphurs unless you are willing to stay late. If you do stay late it should be worth it.
Last weekend they did not come off till eight/nine if I remember correctly.
. That worked for me this past weekend while in the Lehigh area. If you do go dont expect to see the sulphurs unless you are willing to stay late. If you do stay late it should be worth it.Last weekend they did not come off till eight/nine if I remember correctly.
Yesterday I fished for 8 hours on the LL. It was a ridiculous day there. I fished from the hatchery outflow downt to the covered bridge and back. I took 25+ fish, and combined with my buddy I'd say we were close to breaking fifty.
Obviously, up in the pools just below the hatchery outflow the fish were abundant and chasing down their usual fav: spaghetti and meatballs. My buddy could stand up there all day and catch those trout. they are big, but I get really bored there. Since it was my Bachelor day he agreed to venture downstream with me. Below the footbridge I killed with a 18 tan scud (no flash or beads, just a thin skin back and light gold ribbing) and a 22 olive wd40 (again no bead, nice small gray dub, also the midge became more eefective as the dubbing got tore up a bit). There was a mayfly hatch come evening. Very small flies, so i assumed trico. that's when the wd40 really took off and the scud slowed down. At one point I took 4 fish in 6 casts.
Fished back up to the hatchery area. Day ended at 5:45 when, while trying to release a nice brown trout he jumped out my hand and buried a size 20 wd40 in the tip of my pinky. I tried to retract it, but it was too deep and I had forgotten to mash the barb (oops). That was quite painful. So then I tried popping it through the pad of my finger, but it was too deep and the fly materials were preventing the hook from going deep enough. So I had to drive over to the hospital virtually across the street and have them slit open my finger with a scalpel to get it out. Funny thing is that the two spots where they injected me with novacaine hurt more than the spot where I was hooked.
All in all, a banner day. I think with the water still being that milky color (how much silt washed in there????) nymphing was the way to go. Very little surface activity. They were still fairly skittish though. I guess after the low clear water. Lots of long (for the LL) casts and multiple mends up and down stream to get a good natural drift. Oh I was longline nymphing.
Obviously, up in the pools just below the hatchery outflow the fish were abundant and chasing down their usual fav: spaghetti and meatballs. My buddy could stand up there all day and catch those trout. they are big, but I get really bored there. Since it was my Bachelor day he agreed to venture downstream with me. Below the footbridge I killed with a 18 tan scud (no flash or beads, just a thin skin back and light gold ribbing) and a 22 olive wd40 (again no bead, nice small gray dub, also the midge became more eefective as the dubbing got tore up a bit). There was a mayfly hatch come evening. Very small flies, so i assumed trico. that's when the wd40 really took off and the scud slowed down. At one point I took 4 fish in 6 casts.
Fished back up to the hatchery area. Day ended at 5:45 when, while trying to release a nice brown trout he jumped out my hand and buried a size 20 wd40 in the tip of my pinky. I tried to retract it, but it was too deep and I had forgotten to mash the barb (oops). That was quite painful. So then I tried popping it through the pad of my finger, but it was too deep and the fly materials were preventing the hook from going deep enough. So I had to drive over to the hospital virtually across the street and have them slit open my finger with a scalpel to get it out. Funny thing is that the two spots where they injected me with novacaine hurt more than the spot where I was hooked.
All in all, a banner day. I think with the water still being that milky color (how much silt washed in there????) nymphing was the way to go. Very little surface activity. They were still fairly skittish though. I guess after the low clear water. Lots of long (for the LL) casts and multiple mends up and down stream to get a good natural drift. Oh I was longline nymphing.
theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
rckrego
I am surprised to hear they had to cut out the fly out at the hospital. One time while fishing up un Pulaski I hooked myself with an offset salmon hook in my ear. The run was really good that day so I cut the tippet and fished on. In the evening when I went to the hospital to have them remove the hook I was concerned they would have to cut the hook out. When I asked if that was going to be the case they said NO.
I guess they must have A LITTLE more experience un the Pulaski are removing hooks. They took a sterile syringe and stuck it in the hole behind the barb and applied a little pressure lifting the hole open behind the bard and slid the hook out. It was painless and required no numbing of the area at all..
I am surprised to hear they had to cut out the fly out at the hospital. One time while fishing up un Pulaski I hooked myself with an offset salmon hook in my ear. The run was really good that day so I cut the tippet and fished on. In the evening when I went to the hospital to have them remove the hook I was concerned they would have to cut the hook out. When I asked if that was going to be the case they said NO.
I guess they must have A LITTLE more experience un the Pulaski are removing hooks. They took a sterile syringe and stuck it in the hole behind the barb and applied a little pressure lifting the hole open behind the bard and slid the hook out. It was painless and required no numbing of the area at all..
I think the problem was that my friend and I had attempted removal streamside and bet the hook. Plus with that tiny midge it was tough to put anything in the hold with it. The incision was pretty small, essentially just big enough to allow room for the hook to back out. Only like a quarter inch.
theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
The type of a surgical syringe is pretty small and I am almost cetain it would probably work with smaller flies also.
We yanked on my salmon fly pretty hard but it wasnt budging. Either way its worth mentioning next time you find yourself in the er.
If you want to try avoiding bending the hook when removing I take a fly line and look it around the shank of the hook and yank the line. The hook will be less likely to bend then if you grab around the eye areaand in most instances it comes right out.
We yanked on my salmon fly pretty hard but it wasnt budging. Either way its worth mentioning next time you find yourself in the er.
If you want to try avoiding bending the hook when removing I take a fly line and look it around the shank of the hook and yank the line. The hook will be less likely to bend then if you grab around the eye areaand in most instances it comes right out.
Scott
Salmo salar Sebago finatic
Was up in the Poconos this weekend. No sulphurs to speak of, but there was a heavy yellow sally hatch near sunset, some caddis and little black stones coming off all day, and what looked to be a brief flurry of Gray Fox's in the late afternoon. I do believe I saw a single light cahill come off just before dark, but I could be wrong... Ended up landing over a dozen fish, all browns and one nice brookie that was about 16".
The winner flies of the day were a #14 black elk hair caddis, and a #14 yellow sally Trude.
here's one:
The winner flies of the day were a #14 black elk hair caddis, and a #14 yellow sally Trude.
here's one:
