Catoctin Mountains MD

[ScottP]

Fished Big Hunting Creek for a few hours this afternoon; cloudy, misty, temps in the 60's. Good flow of water, helped out by thunderstorms last night, a bit of color in the stream. Saw a variety of bugs - BWOs, a couple bigger mayflies identity unknown (too far away for a good look), yellow sallies and lime sallies; no sulphurs or green drakes (bummer). The brown trout were looking up and in the mood - caught them in the heavier water on foam-back convertibles (color didn't seem to matter) and in the quiet stretches on Wally's Clacka Caddis (can't wait to get out to Montana and try them out there); most were 7-10" but did manage to fool one a bit over 12". A nice way to spend a few hours. Sorry, no pics. Hope everyone else gets out this weekend.

Regards,
Scott

[JohnScott]

... out with the convertible !! Must have gotten a bit wet with the top down ??

That's quite a soup of flies to have to work your way through. Tough duty, but we know you are up to it.

I assume the Wally's Clacka Caddis is from Walter Weiss ?? aka .... sorry, the BB name doesn't come to mind just off hand, and I wouldn't want to offend anyone by using the wrong one.

John

[ScottP]

John,

That is Mr. Wiese's caddis. Should have provided a link, so here it is: http://www.parksflyshop.com/newflies.htm You're right, it wouldn't seem like typical weather for a convertible, but I had to take mine out for a spin. Do you have any left? They should work well in your neighborhood soon.

Regards,
Scott

[JohnScott]

... You're right, it wouldn't seem like typical weather for a convertible, but I had to take mine out for a spin. Do you have any left? They should work well in your neighborhood soon.

Regards,
Scott

.... under cover until the weather clears up and I can take them for a ride in some sunshine !!

John

[appalachian angler]

Nice! I like fishing big beetles, ants and hopper/cricket patterns after a storm for brownies. those fish are just waiting under cover for some big terrestrial tidbits to fall in the creek after a storm!

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[lastchance]

Nice report and I'm glad you had some fun.
Question: what is a foam back convertible?