Frenchies and Green Weenies

Fishing has officially started for the masses in Pennsylvania!  With this past weekends great weather, fly fisherman, spin fishers and any other type of angler you can think of decided to come out and try their luck with the elusive central pa trout.  Not only were the local anglers out but a major fly fishing tournament was in the region, so it was even more packed along the streams.  The good thing about fishing is if you get off the beaten path, even on popular streams, and are willing to do some walking, you can get some nice sections of stream to yourself.

I had to work Saturday, so I missed the first great weather day of 2013.  I heard conflicting reports of how the local streams were fishing.  With the water being so low and clear, combined with the sunny day, I figured the trout would be spooky.

Sunday, I decided that I would get out and pull an all dayer. I decided to try a local spring creek where I knew if I was willing to walk, I should have a pretty good chance to catch some trout and not see many people.  I got out to the stream at about 9am and I was one of the first people on the water.  I used a size 16 frenchie and a size 20 wd40, adjusting weight many times, and the fish were really targeting what I was throwing.  I cherry picked good spots and covered a large amount of stream and only saw two people fly fishing the entire day, until I left and then I saw probably 30 people fishing or walking in to fish at 2:30.  They should have been there earlier because I had already caught the easy ones!

I ended up catching 31 for the day, which is an extremely good day for me!  Most were in the 9-11 inch range, but there were a few dinkers in there!  Below are a few of the nicer trout I caught.

Check out that Adipose Fin

Not a Large One but a Beauty!

 On Monday I decided I would fish on Fishing Creek and try to redeem a skunk from an earlier outing this year.  If there is one stream that has my number it is this one!  I was determined not to get the skunk again!  I decided to start off with a frenchie and a zebra midge.  That didn't work.  Then a frenchie and my AP BH olive nymph.  That didn't work.  Then I looked in my fly box and there sitting were two very lonely green weenies.  Those two had been sitting in my fly box for about three years and I thought, "Well, I couldn't possibly do worse!"  I matched one of the green weenies with a wd40.  Before too long, wham! I caught my first fishing creek trout of the year and it was a good one!

The trout were targeting that green weenie and I ended up catching four on it.  I will be tying some for my future fishing creek trips.  Four fish may not sound like a lot on one fly, but its four more than the last two trips combined got me!  I did catch two other trout as well.  One on a wd40 and one on a secret zebra midge I tie.

The nice thing about fishing creek is that even if you only catch a couple, they will almost always be larger than twelve inches and usually nice an fat.  They really put up a fight!  Here are a few pictures to prove I didn't get the skunk again.

It is hard to find a better looking brown trout!

This one put a nice fight!

If you check out my Google profile all the trout I caught in these two outings are in my pictures, as well as a couple nice scenery shots.

This entry in my blog is named Frenchies and Green Weenies because they were the ticket to catching a lot of fish the past two days.

Until next time... Good luck!