Fishing

Well the weekend is finally here. Yesterday (5/29) I fished at the check station and managed to get 1 rainbow about 12-13 inches. Surprisingly I was the only one on this stretch of river, and after I finished I went to the pines and only found a single car. I fished at the pines and totally struck out. As everyone is aware the water level is very low, and I am beginning to wonder if this is adversely affecting the insect activity on the river

Try Me

After Wednesday's meeting, I fished the first bridge on the Flat River.  Fish were rising here and there sporadically to emergers, and I caught two fish on size 14 soft hackle flies.  Paul Pezza arrived while I was fishing and caught 6 fish in less than a half an hour on his Chocolate Hare's Ear.

Recipe for Chocolate Hare's Ear

Hook:  Size 10 to 18, 1 or 2x

Thread:  Red

Tail:  Pheasant tail fibers 

Body:  Chocolate brown (Pheasant tail fibers for size 16 and under)

Rib:  Copper or gold wire (he prefers copper)

Thorax:  Chocolate brown

Wing case:  Brown Turkey quill

Legs:  Pheasant tail fibers

He has great success casting this to rising fish.

Dick Pearce

Fishing

Fished the wood at the check station last night. I caught 2 rainbows, both on soft hackles. 1 approx 13 inches in the stretch just above the fast water, and 1 about 16 inches in front of the quonset hut, up against the bank

Fishing 5/23

I fished the Pines on Saturday evening. The river was packed with fisherman, both upstream and down. This was the first time this year I saw rising fish anywhere. The problem was that whatever these fish wanted I didn't have with me. There was a lot of bugs in the air, primarily mahogany duns. Anyway I hope everyone had better luck than I did this weekend

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Due to a death among the women involved in this program. The program scheduled for 6/6/2009 has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule for the fall

May 16th Stocking has been cancelled. Since the state has no money for overtime on Saturdays, we will stock on May 21st--starting at the Check Station at 9 AM.

Fishing 5/10/09

I fished yesterday(5/9) at the check station until the rain got heavy. There was no insect activity seen on the river. I managed to get a few hits subsurface, using BH hares ears in a size 14. I fished the pines on Sunday in the pm. I caught 2 small brookies fishing with size 12 - 14 soft hackles. There were some ants spotted, hopefully we will be fishing them soon. Again no insect activity with no fish rising. We really need a few days straight with no rain