Troutnut.com Fly Fishing for Trout Home
User Password
or register.
Scientific name search:

> > Brood II



Post Reply
CrepuscularJune 23rd, 2013, 8:38 pm
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 923		Well since it's about over I'll post these. ;)
The emergence was spotty but I am lucky enough to have my office a couple minutes from a place where the cicadas and wild trout interface.


OldredbarnJune 23rd, 2013, 10:59 pm
Novi, MI

Posts: 2608		The trout eats those ugly things?! Ugh...
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
CrepuscularJune 24th, 2013, 5:31 am
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 923
The trout eats those ugly things?! Ugh...


Like candy
Kschaefer3June 24th, 2013, 9:07 am
St. Paul, MN

Posts: 376		Nice fly. Looks very similar to the real deal.

Like candy
How could they pass up a bug that big?


Probably catching mostly little ones on those though ;)
CrepuscularJune 24th, 2013, 12:12 pm
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 923
Your fly pattern is epic Eric.


Not my pattern. I just tie it. The creator is Blane Chocklett, of gummy minnow fame. I did change materials a bit though. He calls for loco skin for the abdomen and while this works, I use sticky back foam which floats a bit higher like the natural. But it's a pretty effective fly.
MartinlfJune 24th, 2013, 12:41 pm
Moderator
Palmyra PA

Posts: 3233		Looks like it could fly and chirp. Great tie, Eric.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell
CrepuscularJune 24th, 2013, 5:37 pm
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 923
Well you made a good one. How is it for casting???
what are the wings made of???
What size hook is it ???

Mack.


Well i fish it on a pretty short 2X leader and mange to get it out there. The rod I use is dictated by the stream I'm on. If it's big water I'll us a fast action 5wt if its a small stream I will use a slower rod.

The wings are made out of Blane Chocklett's wing material i don't even know what it's called.

I tie mine on a size 6 popper hook
AdirmanJune 25th, 2013, 5:53 am
Monticello, NY

Posts: 505		Yes, very nice tie, near perfect as a matter of fact!!
GutcutterJune 25th, 2013, 6:39 pm
Pennsylvania

Posts: 470
The trout eats those ugly things?

Like candy

Yup

All men who fish may in turn be divided into two parts: those who fish for trout and those who don't. Trout fishermen are a race apart: they are a dedicated crew- indolent, improvident, and quietly mad.

-Robert Traver, Trout Madness
Jmd123June 25th, 2013, 10:57 pm
Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2611		YEE-HAW, boys! Tear that "hatch" ("fall?") up! It'll be what, another 13 or 17 years before you see that again?

Fabulous flies, Eric! I would think a short (8 foot), stiff 5-weight would be best for throwing those flies...

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
CrepuscularJune 26th, 2013, 10:30 am
Boiling Springs, PA

Posts: 923


Fabulous flies, Eric! I would think a short (8 foot), stiff 5-weight would be best for throwing those flies...

Jonathon


Thanks, It depends on where you are fishing as to what rod works best. A stiff rod takes line to load. If it is a small stream a somewhat softer rods loads better with less line out the end. You can always go up a line size as well.
OldredbarnJune 26th, 2013, 12:03 pm
Novi, MI

Posts: 2608
of gummy minnow fame


Someone has to get up pretty early to slip something past you kid-o! You are a sponge...Just file it back in the brain library somewhere and someday it may come in handy. :) Gummy minnow fame?! Ha! I'm busting a gut!

Between you and that Bob buddy of yours over in Middletown those trout in PA must be nervous wrecks! They have to visit the trout shrink every other week. ;)

Spence


"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
OldredbarnJune 26th, 2013, 12:19 pm
Novi, MI

Posts: 2608
Yup


Tony...Eric sent me a PM back when all this got started...I told him to be careful not to let Tony know or he'll be pointing the fishing wagon north...His email back to me was simply, "Too late!" :)

Just place the fuzz buster on the dash and leave Pittsburgh under the cover of darkness. ;) Too bad I wasn't chasing your tailights through the mountains like I did in April...

The Hex madness must be in full swing up north here...It is way too quiet. No one is even whispering a damn thing...Blood-shot eyes, crazed looks in the eyes, coffee pots always going, and the aroma of Deet in the air...Its a totally different level of consiousness...The world outside, especially the daylight one, no longer exists. Creatures of the night.

Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively

"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Jmd123June 26th, 2013, 6:32 pm
Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2611		Spence, a buddy of mine called me last night around 11:30 p.m. and told me that the McDonalds in Tawas was covered in Hexagenia...time for me to hit Cooke Pond with the kayak and a box of big flies...neither the Pine nor the Rifle has a Hex hatch, but the Light Cahills come off around the same time and especially on the Rifle it can be almost as good as the Hex.

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

Quick Reply

You have to be logged in to post on the forum. It's this easy:
Username:          Email:

Password:    Confirm Password:

I am at least 13 years old and agree to the rules.

Related Discussions

TitleRepliesLast Reply
found these in runoff to our creek
In the Insect Order Trichoptera by Deke		0
found these in runoff to our creek
In the Insect Order Trichoptera by Deke		0
Re: Gander Mountain sales
In General Discussion by Wbranch		3Jul 28, 2017
by Wbranch
Five days of warmwater flyfishing in southeastern Michigan - from Jonathon
In Fishing Reports by Jmd123		0
Re: The Cicadidae 17 Year Itch
In Cicadidae Cicada Adult by Falsifly		3May 29, 2013
by Falsifly
Re: Jim Morrison..."The West is the Best"
In the Photography Board by Oldredbarn		1Jun 12, 2010
by Jesse
a new manitoba record brook trout a whopping 30.5 inches
In General Discussion by Bigguy250		0
Muddler Minnow
In Fly Tying by Coha		0
Steve Rajeff and Bob Nauheim to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Join Us
In General Discussion by MartyS		0
A Couple Hours on a Small Brown trout stream
In Fishing Reports by Motrout		0