Caddis and Streamers

I have to bite my tongue the next time I tell someone streamers don't work that well in the spring. The past couple days, due to dumb luck, I've been throwing streamers every night. White woollybuggers and brown slumpbusters, size 8 and 10, maybe olive now and again. But hey if thats not your thing, its all good, caddis have been coming off in clouds. Sulphurs have started in small numbers, if you see a couple floating down, tie one on and see what happens.

Joey's awesome rainbow, fooled by a cdc caddis

Nice brown with a slumpbuster hanging 

Hey even Carp like the slumpbuster 

A Long Time Coming

Joey and I headed to the Tully this morning to try our hand at a few fish before work. We had a pretty good morning considering the conditions being less than ideal. We started fishing around 8:15, hoping to give the water a short while to warm up. It was slow going until the sun crept over the trees, warming the water just enough. We each had a few fish bringing one trout each to hand. Then Joey got stuck on the bottom... or did he?

Joey has been in persut of a golden Bonefish or as most call them a Carp for some time now. He spent countless hours on the Schuylkill this summer frustrated and confused on why these fish were so tough to get to eat a fly. After tying like hell to un-snag his fly from the bottom, yanking, and pulling it; he realized that his fly line was moving upstream. Carp On!!!

Finally!

Hot Flies: Sugar Daddy, San Juan Worm, Black Midge