Grey Fox and March Brown's are on the stream

If your not looking , a little heads up, the Grey Fox and March Brown annual emergence has begun. This is a wonderful time of the year, still dealing with cold water and it takes a bit of time for the larger insects to come off the water. Look for both of them to emerge in the softer water below the riffles and on the edges are the favorite areas for the fish to take them. If your seeing splashy rises leave them alone and target the quiet sipper guys instead. Penn's has a great population of both of them so carry pattersn from #10 2x L to 14 2 xL in wets, emergers and dry's. I never get to excited about the spinners because it's like they appear and then dissaper before ever coming down. I have a new March Brown wet the was develpoed in Europe, it has a brass bead just behind the partridge hackle, it should make for a really good pattern. The fishing on Fishing Creek has been wonderful these past few weeks, you have to hunt to find the rising fish but they are there, nymphs work best there BUT you need to get them down fast and keep them down. I am using a new euorpean nymph line that looks like a shooting line of years ago, casts ok but it has no drag on the drif, like you see Joe Humphries using in some of his YouTube videos, catch it quick because he says very little about it. I see more and more guys out there using these types of lines- they are deadly. I was never a fan of weighted flies until the past few years, it helps to get down and keep your flies in front of the trout, I use a lot of flat lead from Europe and it helps build bodies on the flies. I'll post a report on Penn's Tuesday.