Fishing Pictures

These are some pictures from my past few trips to the Tully !
Enjoy !

This guy was a beast ! Took me for a nice run down the creek ! !8inches he was

Tying Flies

Tying flies right now!
Patterns I am tying

Mercury Midge
Hook: Sizes 18-28 TCO midge/emerger hook
Bead: Pearl Killer Caddis Bead
Thread: Black
Rib: Copper Wire
Collar: Black UV Dubbing

Sugar Daddy
Hook: Sizes 18-24 TCO scud/shrimp or midge/emerger hook
Bead: Nickle or Gold
Thread: Drk. Brown
Tail: Trimmed Yellow Mallard Flank
Rib: Gold Wire
Collar: UV Peacock Ice Dub or Hares Ear or a 50/50 mix of both
Hot Spot: Fire Orange Thread (Behind Bead)

Green Machine
Hook: Sizes 18-24 TCO midge/emerger hook
Bead: Candy Apple or Olive (Personal Pereference)
Thread: Olive or Bright Green
Rib: Black Wire Extra Small
Collar: Olive Hares Ear Dubbing

Posts

Sorry for not putting up any posts lately been real busy with school. Although, I have been to the tully lately caddis emergers and regular caddis drys seem to be the key right now.  We got some rain tonight which should help raise the water a tad bit which is better than nothing!
Goodluck to all !

Fly Tying

Fly Tying session with Frankie! After today's success we decided to get together to tie some more of the patterns we used and recap on today's successes and failures.

Stream Report

Stream: Tully      Well today was an excellent day for fly fishing at the Tully! Me and Frankie hit the water around 8:45 am an fished till about 3:45. Caddis where everywhere!!!! Top flies were Caddis emergers size 16-20.  Pictures below!


Hey! Whats that in your mouth ?

                                        

This sticker is awesome...its on the back of Frankies car

Today's Fishing Excursion

4/17/12
Well today...with no english class I decided to fish iron stone creek which is a clonfluence too the Manatawny. I have fished it before and had no luck.  I was told by a friend that there are trout in it.  I still have yet to catch a trout there im becoming very convinced that there are not any in it!  How ever I did stumble upon a snake basking its self in the sun on a rock. The only fish i caught were a cople of chubs and one blue gill which by the way was beautifull in color but did not take a picture of him.

He was not as big as he appears in the picture, I did not want to get too close so I just zoomed in from a safe distance...what a fine specimen he or she is I would say!

Manny Stream Report

4/16/12
Well...I fished the Manny today and lets just say it was very sloww and hot ! It is very weired with the weather we are getting, today felt like early june ! Caught one rainbow today on the lower section of Spotts Mill on a size 14 Red Fox Squirrel Nymph. Forgot my camera in the car so no picture it saddened me very much.  The temperatures are supposed to be cooling down in the next up coming days, so im hoping for some better hatches which will equal better fishing !
Good Luck to All !

Stream Report - Tulpehocken

Tulpehocken Creek- 4/14/12
Fished the Tully yesterday, when me and my buddy Frankie first got there fish were rising steadily to emergers.  Once the caddis started comming off it was on! We had great succes fishing caddis emergers!
Photos of trip should be up soon !
Oh and by the way, if your going to the Tully soon, I am warning you that you might drop a load in your pants once you see how low the water is.
I'll be starting a rain dance in my back yard

The Midge Dance

This is the dance of the RS2's!

Recipe:
Hook: Sizes 18-24 Midge/Emerger or Scud/Shrimp will work
Thread: Any color- Black, Grey, Brown, Drk. Brown, Light Brown, Olive, Tan, Red, and basically any color you can think of...be creative!
Wing Puff: White Antron Yarn

*The ones above are tied in Black, Grey, Drk. Brown, Light Brown, Olive, and Tan in a size 22 midge/emerger hook*

Ready the Troops !

The caddis emergers (size-16) are ready to due battle with the trout of the Tulpehocken tomorrow!
BRING ON THE FISH!

TIE SOME OF THESE UP IF THERE ARE CADDIS HATCHES WHERE YOU FISH.....YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED !
This is my own pattern you will not find this anywhere else maybe something like it but not this exact kind....IT REALLY WORKS...I have yet to have a trout refuse it when there is a caddis hatch if it doesnt work try a different size trust me you cannot go wrong with this fly !

*Warning: Sudden stoppages of the heart may occur due to trout smashing this fly*

Recipe:
Hook: Size 12-18 (Or if you are feeling real daring try 20-24) standard dry fly hook or straight eye 3x long nymph or dry fly hook and even a scud hook will work because remember it is an emerger it does not have to ride high on the water!
Thread: Dark Brown, Olive, Tan, or Light Brown - Depends on body color of fly
Tail: Med. Brown or Drk. Brown Antron Yarn
Body:Drk. Brown, Light Brown, Tan, Olive - the list goes on
Wings: CDC- Color to Match the Deer or Elk Hair you use that is on top of CDC (Personally I like to use Western Mule Deer, Gives Wings the spotty look that most caddis have.)
Head: Same color dubbing as body

Stream Report - Manny

Manatawny - 2/13/12
Today I took another trip over to Spotts Mill.  Caddis are coming off very consistently at certain times, peak time is from 10-4.  Caught two browns on my size 16 caddis emerger in brown tan will work as well but, stay away from size 12's you might get lucky and catch a few but stay in the size range of 14-18, most consisten takes on these sizes !

 Beautifull white tipped fins on both fish !

Stream Report

Manatawny Creek - 4/12/12
Today after class I went to Spotts Mill, Fish are still looking up for emergers and brown and tan caddis.  Caught one nice brown today on a size 16 brown caddis emerger, missed a bunch and had a pig on but lost him...he put up an awesome fight but eventually popped off. Oh welll what can you do everything happens for a reason.
DRY FLY SEASON IS HERE !!
Here is the Fish !

Midge Patterns

Tying up some midge patterns right now!

Sparkle Midge
Size 20-24 midge/emerger hook
Thread: Fire Orange (looks more like red for so reason and i dont know why ?)
Rib: Gold wire (Fine)
Torax: UV Dub Minnow Belly
Bead: Gold

French Creek Today

Today was just one of those days, class was boring from 8-10 at MONTCO.  After class was done I drove to French to meet up with my good pal Frankie.  Once there I realized that i forgot my camera which made me very "happy". Although we caught some nice trout as soon as we got there, then the catching came very sparatic then it went to , "sorry, not biting today fellas !" We have no idea why the trout just suddenly were not biting, maybe it was becuse it was over cast and the sun was shining in spurts but we could see them feeding on the bottom and rising to emergers but could not get them to bite anything!  Some poor hook sets caused us too loose some nice fish but all in all it was pretty frustrating but still a good time!
 Patterns that caught fish: Red Sparkle Midge size 20, Copper John size 20, Black and Grey RS 2 size 18, and Chocolate Midge size 18

French Creek

Tomorrow I am wetting a line at French.  Everywhere else I have fished has been really slow besides Spotts Mill at an undesclosed location.  A stream report will be up tomorrow with the patterns I had success on and pictures!

First Follower

There is going to be a special prize to the first follower of my page ! More details if you're that one !

March Brown Nymph

The title speaks for itself .
The wing case is Pheasant Tail, it kind of looks like yellow mallard flank a bit.

My Fly Boxes !

These are just three of my fly boxes !

Stream Report

Stream: French Creek
           Me and my buddy Frankie went out to French this morning, trout are holding well in fast, moderate, and slow runs, riffles as well. We need some rain or the trout will not survive very long once the hotter months start to roll around. Trout are taking small olive, brown, and tan midges very consistently size 20 - 24. They are also looking up for grannom, brown, and tan caddis, sizes 12-16 will work. Also a small caddis larva, dark olive, will produce fish as well. Also, as usual small BWO nymps size 16-20 and any other small olive nymphs, in the same size range will work also.

Scissors Getting Dulled ?

Do you use ultra wire or any kind of wire ? Are you tired of dulling your scissors from cutting it ? If so use these !

Thats right ! Toe nail clippers work AWESOME ! Any size toe nail clippers will do just fine.

Late Nights, Thoughts, and Flies...

Just sitting in my room tieing flies and thinking about how wonderful it is to be a fly fisherman. So I came up with this little poem.

All you do and all you see,
it simply cannot be beat. 
The people you meet and the places you go.
It came to me what a simple fly can do for the soul.

Haha... it is truly amazing what fly fishing has done for  me :)

HAPPY EASTER !

I am wishing everyone a happy easter !

A Free Feather !

I found this beauty at the covered bridge in Pleasantville ! I always seem to find these types of feathers there. I have no idea why ?

Where are the Fish ?

Ohh wait... here they are ! After being woken up at 9 am and realizing that I did not get to go to French creek I was pretty upset ! Although, this was not a bad thing, after trying multiple places with no luck my time was winding down, and with an hour left of my fishing time I decided to shoot over to Spotts Mill and to my suprise I found the trout ! They were smacking the surface for caddis ! I caught all of these fish on a size 14 brown caddis emerger . Sorry for the rocks and leaves in my net, but they are still some good pics !

Over 50 Page Views !

A sincere THANK YOU to everyone that has viewed my page ! 56 page views in the first four days ! There is more to come for this is just the beggining of The Spent Wing fly fshing blog !
Please, do feel free to comment on my posts, they will not go unread and un-responded to !

Olive Emerger

Size 12 Olive Emerger Pattern
The fly is very simple but yet very effective...works well in smaller sizes, preferably 14-20.

The Bench

There are many fly tying benches out there, but this one is mine ! This is where all of the magic happens !

Revlon Brow Set...I Think Not !

Well I was shopping with my girlfriend in Taget picking stuff out for her easter basket...yes we are dorky togeather thank you haha, but while in the finger nail polish aisle I happen to spot this beauty out ! It says a brow set, but to any fly tyer this is a high quality pair of scissors and a dubbing brush !  I figured my old pair of scissors is getting pretty dull so why not snag this up while I am here. I can not wait to try these scissors out and the brush !

Product Review:
       The scissors are excellent !  The brush is okay, it takes some time and some fierce picking and scrubbing to get the dubbing the way you want it, but all in all a good buy !

Big Fish Hoo- HaHa

A 16 inch Brown Trout I caught at French Creek on my BWO nymph ! This is one of the many fish i caught this past tuesday ! I am going to French again tomorrow morning !  Im alot more friendlier than I look in the picture hahaha .

BWO !

BWO Pattern

Size 16-20 Straight Shank Nymph Hook
Brown Thread, preferably Dark Brown
Tail: Pheasant Tail or Partridge, 3 to 4 fibers
Abdomen: Dark Olive Dubbing, but an type of Olive Dubbing will work
Wing Case: Phesant Tail or Partridge
Thorax: Dark Brown Dubbing

One fish day

Ahhh well today was not very productive at all . I fished the Manatawny Creek Winery, and it is soooooo LOW and CLEAR it is unbelieveable ! The only fish I caught was a small Rainbow on my BWO nymph size 20. Well I hope the fishing picks up soon !

The First Post !

Hello everyone , this is the first post ! Pictures should be arriving in the next couple of days !

Stream Report: French Creek - 4/4/12
          They stocked this past Tuesday.  Fish are stacked up in the holes! Mayfly's were coming off strong even when I left, and some Grannom Caddises were flying around as well. Fished there from 1 to 6 pm. I had GREAT success on BWO nymph's sizes 16-20, caugt a couple of trout on a cream/brown midge size 20 and a couple on my R.M.F. midge size 20 ( Rabbit - Mallard Flank Midge . ) Trout were takeing emergers but not enough to get me to throw one on .  Your best bet is nymphing , but remember , stay small !

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