Posted in Fly Tying, tagged Emerger, Flies, Pheasant Tail on April 5, 2010| 3 Comments »
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!
Posted in Fly Fishing, Trout Fishing, tagged Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Maryland, Secret Streams on April 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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.
The Barbless Hook 