Call Noah

Gees just when the levels were getting manageable this shit started again, I had 1.9" of rain Sunday and most all the Central PA. area had about the same! If this keeps up like last year our trout will be huge when we can get to the water, they feed very well in high water. Even if you decide to toss some really heavy streamers it will be very hard to get them down deep enough. How about trying some of our smaller streams around, Weikert Run, Laurel Run or maybe White Deer may be good choices if you just need to wet a line, just remember to downsize your rod length. The same nymphs and streamers will work well on them but maybe a bit smaller, the choice for dries is pretty simple- think Adams.
  I have more flies than any one person can ever think to use in their life time, now I'm going back and looking at all my boxes and giving them the once over to see if I can improve any of them. I did find that my selection of caddis emergers was a bit thin given the sheer length of time we see our tan caddis emerge. The organza ribbon caddis emeger tied like Davie McPhail is just a killer pattern and fishing it suspended off a Blue Ribbon tan Iris dry is just killer about the time our local raspberries are rip to pick!
  Another option is to find a good pond and practice casting with a long leader and some weighted wet flies for Sunfish, they just god wild for them or us some bait. I take my granddaughter to the pond at Tussey Mt. Ski area and we just have a ball catching Sunfish but we use wax worms and Eagle Claw Circle Bait hooks, these work well for younger people because the fish hook themselves- only make sure you have good hemostats because they do hook and hold well. Sometimes when we are there the larger bass begin to get active and try to eat the fish she has on her line while she is reeling them in this makes for total chaos. Give this type of fishing a try, it will help calm the itch you have!