Tan Caddis/raspberry's and of course Pseudo's

Now is the time to enjoy a morning of wild black raspberry's and #16 tan caddis on Penn's or Spring Creek, I snack on them going to the stream and when I am done walking back to the car. Tan caddis emergence is a morning thing and boy do the trout get on them all morning long, first emergers then adults. I fish an Iris caddis (#16 tan) at the start of the hatch and at some time will switch over to a bubble back caddis dry, I have a new pattern that incorporates legs and it lands right side up every time and seems to float very high on the waters surface. At some point I will take a video of how I tie it and post it. I don't fish soft hackles in Penn's much but will do it on Spring and Bald Eagle at start and mid morning till I see solid rising fish. This emergence will go on till October but sadly not the raspberry's! Some days my hands look as if I were crushing grapes for a living I eat so dam may of them. Spring Creek has the most berries and has a good strong hatch but Bald Eagle has the most fish that key on the caddis. Penn's has a good hatch but not in every section of the stream.
   No Iso's in Coburn this morning but clouds of Pesudo's in the air, same as Fishing Creek in the summer. According to Greg Hoover they do fall to the stream surface so you better have a #20 black spent wing spinner in your box, Stan's bridge was just a cloud surrounding it.
   Not much longer till the "Trico's" come off Spring and Bald Eagle that means morning Trico fishing and afternoon beetle fishing, a most wonderful time of the year. Nothing like plopping a black size 12 beetle and watch the wake come a inhale it, a great experience to have.
  Stay away from Rock Road on Spring Creek next week they are doing a stream improvement project that I feel is a total waste on money, just take the stupid dam out at the "Rock" and you would have a much better flow upstream, compare it to what happened when McCoy's dam was removed- no one could believe how far upstream was effected by the dam removal. This section of Spring could use some bank work but if the water was lower it would be fine. Another Fish Commission bull shit action.

Corntua "where oh where are you"

OK I know this year has been a really weird year but to miss a hatch is not something that happens much but I can't seem to find the Cornuta (sp Drunella) blue wing olive duns and spinners. Was at Penn's the other day and spent most all afternoon and evening at Johnson's Pool, t/o the day the water looked a little brown but as the sun went off the water it became more like the color we know, lite olive. Took a few small fish in the heavy riff using a bigger yellow stone dry with rubber legs. Began to see more rising fish T/O the pool and of course I had my olive spinner tied on but noticed as I waded out into position it was a good hatch of ISO's big and juicy duns! Took quite a few fish on top that were not great but still nice fish. Video will be attached soon showing how think they are but not overly large. I got out and began to walk along the bank looking for the good ones in mid-pool, OK spotted one at the old swimming hole rope pine tree, he was just poking his head out and taking emergers or duns like a pig! It took a long time for me to get out picking my way on the rocks all the while trying to stuff my vest into my waders with my Go-pro chest harness on but the water was not that deep at this spot a bit above the pine tree. I got into position and left him feed downstream and moving up then doing it over again, got a good float over him and that big mouth just come out of the water and came down on top of my floating nymph, set the hook and he was on and really heavy, be cool and not get too excited, turn the camera on- OH SHIT I lost him!*#! I left a sting of swear words the must have scared all the birds because it got really quiet. I looked at my fly #12 2x long ISO floating nymph and saw why, the hook gap was small and with that big jaw I really never got a good hook penetration on him, that has been corrected! I saw another good one mid stream above the new wood obstruction, it took a bit of time to get his location but on the first good float- he gave me the brown trout finger, that full body swirl refusal never to return. All in all a great day but still know olive spinners?
  I have to guess that it might be the weird weather that has the olives screwed up, can't check Coburn now because of the "rubber hatch" there, last time it was 40+ of them!

  I also have or will attach a video of Johnson's pool.