Sorry to hear the passing of Charlie Meck on Sept. 18, he was a good friend and author, writing many articles and books sharing his vast angling knowledge. I did disagree with him many times when he shared too many locations that did not need to be well known but we agreed to disagree. He and I had the same idea some 40+ years ago that we needed to tie spent winged spinners blue, so I tied both king fisher blue and dark blue spinners and tried them to no end, I gave a few dozen to Charlie to try- we both had the same result- "0", oh well nothing tried nothing gained. Sad to see all these good guys going on to fish forever! Did see Joe Humphries the other day and he said that he was doing great, had a back operation 2 weeks ago and of course he was teaching at Paradise, he just never sits down!
OK Penn's is 1000 cfs and Spring is 200 cfs at Axeman- what the heck, now they are calling for 2.5" plus rain over the next two days, here we go again. Just think small head waters and you can find some enjoyment but tone down your equipment to really enjoy the fight of smaller fish. Brook trout will take a #14 hair winged fly just about any time of the year, just go.
A short note about the new Trout Hunter tippet material "Evo" I hear it gets cloudy after using it for a time, hold off till they solve this problem, at $10.00 a spool it is not cheap.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Monday, September 10, 2018
Penn's & Spring Creek up again
It is Sept. 10 and has been raining for the past 24 hours, Penn's is at 3000 cfs and Spring is at 367 cfs @ Axeman (normal is 68 cfs), that my friends means we will have plenty of water for the Fall and early Winter. The silver lining to all this moisture is that spawning will be very good this year, the leaf drop should wash out and the brown's should find plenty of open gravel to do their thing in good flows.
A note to a new product- Hoffman CDL Tailing Pack, Pardo will take the place of the small and very expensive Coq De Leon packs ( 4-5 feathers in a pack for $8.95) vs. the Hoffman very large chunk at $15.00, quite a good deal. I have never been a fan of the small packs and the realitive soft nature of the feathers, I know everyone uses them for tails on nymphs and dry's but I have found them not be that stiff for dry fly applications. I have used the Hoffman CDL for a few weeks and found them to be perfectly marked as the imported birds are, also quite a bit stiffer. If you want to learn more about what Hoffman is doing with these birds, check You Tube Fly Fish Food channel and find the tour of the hatchery facility, you will not believe what he is working on. When Dr. Whiting talks about the CDL birds that he is working on, they have speckle on both sides of their feathers you get a sense he will deliver superior products to us fly tyers!
Take this time to tie more flies and wait this crap out, it might just be a banner Winter season for us, think Olives on top and really "Big" streamers to hunt the big guys.
As I write this on 9/11/18 Spring is over 1300 cfs @ Axeman, can not even imagine what that must look like, over the road below the bridge down from Fisherman's Paradise!!
Remember our fallen hero's from 9/11
A note to a new product- Hoffman CDL Tailing Pack, Pardo will take the place of the small and very expensive Coq De Leon packs ( 4-5 feathers in a pack for $8.95) vs. the Hoffman very large chunk at $15.00, quite a good deal. I have never been a fan of the small packs and the realitive soft nature of the feathers, I know everyone uses them for tails on nymphs and dry's but I have found them not be that stiff for dry fly applications. I have used the Hoffman CDL for a few weeks and found them to be perfectly marked as the imported birds are, also quite a bit stiffer. If you want to learn more about what Hoffman is doing with these birds, check You Tube Fly Fish Food channel and find the tour of the hatchery facility, you will not believe what he is working on. When Dr. Whiting talks about the CDL birds that he is working on, they have speckle on both sides of their feathers you get a sense he will deliver superior products to us fly tyers!
Take this time to tie more flies and wait this crap out, it might just be a banner Winter season for us, think Olives on top and really "Big" streamers to hunt the big guys.
As I write this on 9/11/18 Spring is over 1300 cfs @ Axeman, can not even imagine what that must look like, over the road below the bridge down from Fisherman's Paradise!!
Remember our fallen hero's from 9/11
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