Penn's will be fine now

Penn's will be fine now, think Iso's and Olives for the time being. The old Cornuta (now Drunella) will be on for a few weeks, emerging thruout the day and then mating in abslute epic spinner falls in the early evening, it's best if it is not a clear hot dry day. The duns tend to emerge T/O the day and tend to be in the margins of the stream, a slow steady upstream or down wade will reward you with many shots to either bank. The duns have a very bright green body when the first emerge and tend to get much darker as they try to dry their wings before taking flight, body color sometimes can make a difference but I tend to focus on form rather than specific colors, a smaller tied #14 with good wing exposure will do the trick. The spinners are another story, I carry strong #16's and short #14 spinners of various darker colors, black, dark olive and dark brown and use them as just a nightly decision!? The trick is to make sure you are not fishing near the riffles because of the wing beat they make as they fall upon the water to expell their egg mass, if you do you'll be ready to pull your hair out, mid pool to the tail out is where you want to be! Be perpared also for some Iso. spinners to be in the mix as will there be some left ofer Sulphur spinner falls at just about o dark thirty. The key to the spinners is to keep them floating flush in the film not high, keep your wing sparse and do use some foam over the wings to help them float well. Hey it's Cicada time aroung us, Lycoming, Loyalsock and Fishing Creek in Columbia Cty are prime just about now. If the North Branch of the river to lower try around Bloomsburg for the carp that close ot the banks near the Southern end of Bloom. or the lower end of Fishing Creek! Make sure that you A. have lots of flies with you, they tend to get beat up fast and make sure your not setting the hook to fast- give the carp time to get it down!

Some reports on Penn's

OK this is going to be a struggle to admit, Penn's is just too dam crowded! Hell even Coburn is overrun with guides and clients, Cherry Run is nuts. There are few places to find peace and quiet. I took my Lab "Drake" the other day and found open water with no one around and rising fish, who ho! The fish were on Sulphur Spinners and they were eating really well, it was 9:30 AM and no one was there. I see that we have "2" more rental properties above Weikert to content with, one of them is advertising in PA Trout, (TU publication no less), do we have to go to Fishing Creek and put up with the Cabin Association this year, "No Fishing if Cabin is Occupied, No fishing on Sunday's", a big bunch of crap. Spring Creek is getting loved to death now with the Sulphur's on. Penn's will be wild as hell with the "Drake". Maybe we just stay home for a while till the dust settles and the Olives come on! Check out my version of a Cicada

Cicada Mania!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok guys and girls let's make sure we are all on the same page- again the Cicada Brood X is not coming to Penn's, Big Fishing Creek, Spring Creek or Bald Eagle this year, they will come in 2025 ( hope I am able to walk way up the railroad on Bald Eagle to hammer the carp- the heck with the trout! Look at www.cicadamania.com and he will set the record straigh and is tracking the emergence of them. They are to be present in the following counties in our area. Columbia Cty- Fishing Creek Huntington Cty- Little J? Lycoming Cty- Loyalsock and Lycoming Creeks Perry Cty- Juniata River Dauphin Cty- Susquehanna River, Clarks Creek, Manada Creek, Quittapahilla Creek, Spring Creek, Wiconisco Creek Get tying those #2-4 Black & Orange foam bugs with either black rubber legs or black & orange striped legs.