Pheasant Tail Emerger

This pattern i created to look like an emerging mayfly. I just call it a Pheasant Tail Emerger because for this fly i decided to use the original pheasant tail nymph as the nymph emerging. No it is not all crooked it is suppost to be the way it is. if you look at it when the hackle is level with the water and the tail faces straight down like a nymph struggling to escape its shuck!

4.2.10

Where: Secret Little Stream in MD.

Date: 4.2.10

Conditions: high of 80. warm. Few clouds in the sky. Some humidity.

Water Conditons: Clear! Good Flows

Working Flies: #16 Quill Gordan, #16 Emerging BWO, #16 BWO Nymph, #16 Mr. Rapidan, #14 Pheasant Tail Emerger, #18 Flash Back Pheasant Tail, #16 Parachute Adams, #18 Prince Nymph, #18 Black Stonefly Dry

Days On The Water in 2010: 10

Report: Got on the water around 1:00. Started out with a #16 Quill Gordan assuming there would be a small hatch of quill gordans. Managed a really small brownie that was like 3” on the Quill Gordan. Switched to a #14 Pheasant Tail emerger. Landed one really nice brownie about 8” on it. Not to much more action while I was heading upstream so I added a dropper to the fly with a BWO Nymph. Managed a few brown trout on that. Had one nice brownie take the dropper but did not get a hookset. Lost my last PT Emerger so I tied on a #18 Black Stonefly Dry because I have seen several stoneflies that day on the banks and trees. Added the BWO Nymph on the Stonefly. Decided to go back downstream and saw a really nice riffle and lost a nice brookie as he was coming to hand. Lost the dropper so I tied on a #18 Flash Back Pheasant Tail and landed a small brookie. Went further downstream to near the bridge where the highway crosses the stream but nothing there. Fished my way back up to where I started and tied on a #16 Parachute adams and had a few rises for it and landed one of them. Got up to posted water and had to turn back so I fished a #16 Mr. Rapidan on my way back down and managed one rise on it.

3.28.10

Where: Wilson Creek, VA

Date: 3.28.10

Conditions: Overcast Sky. Around 45 degrees. Rain Around 12oclock.

Water Conditions: clear.

Working Flies: #18 BH Pheasant Tail, #14 Caddis Pupa

Days On The Water in 2010: 8

Report: Got to Wilson creek around 10:30. Rigged up a dry and dropper rig with a #12 Adams and a flashback pheasant tail. Got a small bait fish of some sort on it. Then landed a really small brookie. Both had huge scar marks on them. They were near a tree that’s trunks are all in the water so I guess a huge brown lives there! Most of the stream is general brookie water. Mostly riffles. Majority of my fish were in the tails of pools (if you could find a pool!) and in seams between two riffles. Noting else much happening so I switched to a #18 emerging midge with no luck but a tree! Switched to a #14 Caddis pupa and got 3 more fish on it. Right before the rain came I switched to a little attractor pattern I came up with and landed 1 brookie. Once the rain started I was able to bring one other brookie to hand. All brookies that a landed were small dinks so not much happening! Had to climb a really gnarly hill to get back out. Next time I am throwing a rope in my backpack to help me get up that hill! Got out around 12:15 and headed home =(

3.27.10

Where: Wilson Creek, VA—–Jackon River, VA

Date: 3.27.10

Conditions: Cold morning w/ frost. High of 57 during the day. Clear Skies. A few clouds.

Water Conditons: Clear. Jackson flowing at 600cfs through  Floated from X Location to X location

Working Flies: #18 BH Flashback Pheasant Tail, #18 BH Black Emerging Midge, #10 BH Gummy Stone, #2 Jointed Rainbow Trout Streamer, #18 BH Blue Copper John, #14 BH Prince Nymph

Days On The Water in 2010: 7

Report:

Wilson Creek- At around 8:30 arrived at Wilson creek for some brookie fishing. It was a cold morning with frost on the ground so everything was going slow. No visible hatch. Fished the seams from the native brookies. Had one brookie take the flash back pheasant tail. The brookie was about 7” so a decient brookie. Missed another brookie a little upstream 2 times. Fished the creek for about a half an hour before getting ready for a float trip.

Jackson River- Arrived at the river around 1:20ish. Rigged up and were in the water by 1:50ish. After 15min. Fished a tandem nymph rig with a #18 Emerging black midge and a #14 prince nymph and a yarn indicator. Nailed one nice brown trout near some submerged rocks around 8ft. A nice 15” wild brown that pulled the drag on the reel a few times. Really nice stuff to hear! A little while down the river I stuck another fish on some submerged wood but he got off! Switched to a Gummy stone a pattern developed by a local guide. Got 2 rainbow on it near the bank. One 8” and a 12”. Pulled out a 6wt. with a full sinking rio multi tip and a prototype jointed streamer! Moved many fish with the fly. Just few fish hit it. Many nice follows with strikes but not to many hookups. Saw two 20” chase it but no takes. Finally got a 16” from chucking it to the bank. Chucked it the rest of the day with more follows but no hookups.

Fishing Report 3.25.10

Where: Sugarland Run, VA

Date: 3/25/10

Conditions: Overcast with a occasional strong wind. Sun popped through clouds ever once in a while.65degrees.

Water Conditions: Slightly Stained. Warm

Working Flies: #6-10 Black Sparkle Woolly Bugger, #14 Green Caddis Pupa

Days On The Water in 2010: 6

Report: Had a few hours after school to fish. Got to bike over to a little stream to do some fishing that has recently been stocked. Fished around with a sparkle caddis larvae with no results. Saw a few fish that were easily spooked so I resorted to crawling on my knees and bow casting. After spooking a few more fish I tied on a mo hair leech with no results. Switched to a gummi bugger with still no looks. Went back upstream to a really shallow sad looking slow run. Saw 2 fish. Hooked one #14” rainbow on a #14 Green Caddis Pupa but spooked the other one during the fight. Went upstream to a deep pool with no luck on the caddis so I switched to a #8 Black Sparkle Woolly Bugger and the fish went crazy for it. Landed another but got off. A really great time fishing all in all!

will be fishing most of this weekend hopefully so more to come on the blogosphere!

Ephemerella Subvaria

Ephemerella Subvaria (Hendrickson)

Ephemerella Subvaria, Also known as the Hendrickson. One of the more prolific and reliable hatches of the spring months.

Locations:

–Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland occurs as early as April 7^th but normally

toward middle of the month.

-Southern Appalachia beginning of the month of April to the end of the month.

-Poconos and North Pennsylvania April 28-May 8.

–Catskills May 10-20 is the peak

-Adirondacks and North New England May 20-30 is the peak

-Midwestern waters late April-may

-AuSable and P.M. Areas. 1^st. week may.

Ephemerella Characteristics:

-Feeble Legs as a nymph
-Dark brown almost black.

-Influences amber and/or olive

-6^th, 7^th abdominal tergites wholly pale (5^th partially)

Habitat:

Ephemerella species enjoy gravel bottoms in slow meandering streams. They

also live in gravelly riffles, slick runs, and eddies of pocket water in faster water

such as Freestone Mountain streams!

Emergence:

Ephemerella Subvaria nymphs start their rituals of emergence in the afternoon.

the nymphs swim up with a peculiar wiggle. Once they are up in the water column

they drift in the current for a time (vulnerable for trout) and escape their shucks

under surface film. They often swim back to the bottom and repeat ascent several

times before they are able to escape their shuck.

Hatch Info:

Subvaira Nymphs hatch when the water temps. Is around 50-55 degrees F.

Daily hatches are often very reliable weather permitting. The hatch can start any

time between noon and 6pm in the afternoon but the prime time is 2-4 in the afternoon. Around 4-5pm the spinner fall starts. Subvaria nymphs enjoy normal spring weather. If the weather is to hot the hatches can be delayed until the evening for the water to cool. In cold weather the subarea will hatch during the warmest part of the afternoon.

Flies to use:

Comparadun- Dun Stage (#10-#14)

Red Quill- Male (#10-#14)

Hendrickson: Female (#10-#14)

4 Hook Articulated Caterpillar!

not quite sure what gave me the idea for this but i think it was a combination of a brain fart and some sticky foam! a 4 hook articulated caterpillar!

Articulated Caterpillar

Hook: 4 #2 hooks

Thread: Green Danville 210 denier

Body: Green sticky side foam

Legs: Grizzly Hackle

Sleeping in the dirt…….

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/SleepingintheDirt/sidvolumeoneissueone07-49-35-313/2010013102

photographic eye candy for all ye fly fishermen!

More work with silli skin!

so i have been doing some more work with silli skin which is really fun stuff to work with! and i have been enjoying it except that it sticks to everything!. I concocted this creation up last night for bass fishing. Not extremely happy with the turnout. the foam under it was attached by thread and you can see where the tread wraps were. i tried today with some sticky foam but it would not stay sticking but it looked neater just would come off the hook…..

jointed silli skin floating minnow

Friday Thoughts

for this weeks lame editon of friday thoughts

…… go fishing….. i will be home all weekend tying flies and doing school work……

this friday thought thing is getting really really lame…. i might stop it.