Got in a couple of good days of Olive fishing but as of today 3/22/19 that will be over for a while, the entire middle and eastern part of PA just got hammered with yet more heavy rain! Will we ever return to a normal year, well only time will tell, in a normal year the moisture shuts off around the end of May and we go thru summer dry. We all have cabin fever this year due to either cold and ice or just too much rain and run off. I for one have no desire to fish heavy nymphs and fight the current or walk and find water to fish close to shore, even Big Fishing Creek is just too wild at this time again, even if you have the chance of catching a really big brown there, it is just very hard to do.
The best thing about this year is that no one should ever need to tie flies during the season, heavens knows I have more than enough for a lifetime but you always seem to want to tie something different or improve a pattern that you have. I have been tying a lot of the new Peridon nymph patterns and have tried them when the olives have been on but still think a Pheasant tail is still the very best pattern to have in your box, yes the new style does get down fast and stays on the bottom and does catch fish but not any better than a PT.
It's too bad the fly exchange that used to be held in The Union County Sportsman's Club is no more it gave a lot of guys a good shot in the arm to exchange ideas on fly tying and new patterns and just plain BS between good guys!
In any event go outside and do an NON rain dance and see if it helps!!
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