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.

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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 =(

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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.

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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!

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Sleeping in the dirt…….

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

photographic eye candy for all ye fly fishermen!

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Friday Thoughts…….its friday!

I had it all thought out what i was going to say today for the Friday thoughts while i was thinking in school during some class i should have been paying attention in!

TieFest is this weekend! Go eat your hearts out!

Wish for more warm weather coming!

So I guess i don’t have much to say today except it is the weekend. Go to tiefest. and Go Fishing.

I will put up some fly pics momentarily! (i hope.)

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Fly Shops

Please excuse my absence from writing yesterday…. i have been trying really hard to get this blog more active especially since no-one has anything better to do in the winter than tie flies, read fishing books and read stupid blogs like this one. i do highly recomend bwtf or moldy chum for your blogosphere entertainment.

Anyways i thought i would talk about a subject that not everyone understands. Fly shops….. Everyone in this economy has a hard time…. Fly shops also have a hard time and they are always in constant competition with places like retail stores (bps, cabelas) So i would like to remind everyone to support your fly shop in this economy and remember that they are having a tough time also…..plus they can give you some of the best fishing reports!

Hopefully i will be able to post some fly pics of some bluegill flies i tied for a swap… and tomorrow is Friday! which means time for my stupid Friday thoughts random tidbits from my brain!

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Tuesday Doldrums and a minor case of writers block

So it has been a dull Tuesday. Puddles everywhere walking home from school. Getting my socks wet really sucks….. one thing i hate so much in life is getting your socks wet…… such a wet soggy feeling eeuugh!

Anyways back to what i am suppose to write about that fly fishing this we all follow like it is some religion! So i was tying my flies like i normally do when i get home from school and i started thinking…….I was thinking……. **i feel you should know at this point in my writing i am experiencing writers block!** I am not even sure what i was thinking as i was filling up the nymph fly box! Ohh yeah i guess i could talk about some nymphs in my fly box! First off i belive every fly box is like someones house…. it is customized how you want it. With what you want in it. With what you like in it. and what makes you look cool when you show it too your friends! So my fly box has some tried in true patterns that i love (prince, pheasant tail, hares ear) because almost every fisherman has those 4 fly patterns in his vest or pack somewhere! I have some patterns that i have found over the years that look flashy and would kill on stocked trout! I have some attractor nymphs, General mayflies, caddisflies, and stoneflies-all nymphs and my favorite selection would by my 4 rows of Czech nymphs! if you don’t know what Czech nymphing is well then….. i guess you don’t know what it is and need to do a little research. and of course everyone has flies they don’t admit to having so to be *official* i don’t have any eggs or san juan worms, green weenies, suckerspawn, or any other of that stuff! but unofficially i have some of it when the stocked trout dot feel like playing with anything else! I am working on doing photos of some of these flies to post up here for your fly tying pleasure! bear with me school work sucks and i never feel like doing it when fly boxes are not full!

feel free to comment and talk about your candy box!

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In the bleak midwinter.

I Was Pondering in my mind about what to write about today in this very blank, colorless passionless day…… So i resorted to tying flies and well doing what i do about every day in the winter….. watch short films of fly fishing to warm the fly fisherman’s soul! Here are a few links of my favorites!

http://beattieoutdoorproductions.com

New Home Page

http://tv.flyfishingfilmtour.com/

http://www.basecamp.bentrodmedia.com/

The cure for winter doldrums in us all!

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A Pic From the RRF last weekend

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