No it is not a normal year so far, all my predictions of low water have not come true, it has rained at just the right times and Penns has escaped the effects that Center and Clinton Counties have suffered, about time we get a break. The Drake is over and hopefully the crowds have gone for another year, one can only imagine what the Tunnel Road downstream from Coburn must have been like at the height of the hatch? I still have not gotten out yet, a full 10 days before my knee replacement sugury I cut the side of my right thumb off while using a new mandolin slicer, when your right handed you take for granted all the things that you do with your thumb, hell I could not even tie a fly on, even at this date I had to improvise spinning dubbing on some new Iso. bead head jig nymphs, if you fish Penns or Big Fishing Creek these are a very important food source from here on in the season. I used #14, 60 degree heavy wire jig hooks with a 3 mm. black tung. bead and 10 wraps of .010 lead wire, yes they need to get down fast and stay there. The jig hook makes a for a better nymph that tends to ride hook up so your not getting hung up as much but it sinks fast where the Iso. nymphs are. Try them out just make sure they are either black or very dark red brown, with a bit of peacock.
My best guess when I will be fishing again is July 10, still can not drive yet and PT is going very well three days a week but no where near trying to wade any stream. Please go catch one for me!
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