At 03:08 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote:
over, all's well. Besides, the best steelhead fishing is just
getting started up in Erie! With all this rain I should be on
fisherie.com to check out how wild the fishing is right now and what
bizzare flys are being employed.
Murf
Been there, done that, already. Made my first trip this
season to the PA section of Steelhead Alley, a week ago Monday. My
report was on the stream reports page of fisherie.com. It's most
likely in the archives section already. My conditions where very low
and very clear with very spooky steelhead. Got alot of walking in as
well as studying parts of the streambed for future reference. For
me, the biggest change this year has been the success of BLACK. Most
of my patterns are of the chart/white/pink variety as well as the
normal trout nymphs and bastard-ized trout/steelhead nymphs as
well. I haven't fished a minnow streamer pattern at all, but I think
it's going to be another pattern in my arsenal for next trip (planned
for mid-November). I did catch one nice sized trout (Jack steelie)
just about legal sized, but wastn't bulky at all, she went back. I
could've fished all the ones out of her hole on Walnut as well, but
they were all fo the DINK size and knowing I caught one, I felt
justified in passing the rest up as catchable. My buddy caught a
really nice hen on Elk with a black nymph type thing (I don't know
the pattern he used) and she took a while to land, swam head down and
away for a long while and didn't want to give up. She went home to
feed a family of 4. I do practice C&R, but Poor Richards does a good
job of smoking them as well, and I've developed a weakness for their
Cajun Smoked Steelhead, and I will bring a few of them home this season!!
I'd love to meet you up there one day Mr. Murf!!
Garry Wiles
Da'Burgh, PA
Is It Fishin' Time Yet?
