I am also from pa, Latrobe. If your fishing for stockies, i agree that at times they don't seem so hard catch. I hit the streams with flies on first day too, although its crowded there is something kind of fun to me about first day. My have to have list on first day stockie streams is:

#12-#14 yellow, pink sucker spawn
#12 Green Weenie
#8-#12 Prince Nymph, Natural or Black Hare's Ears, with beadheads being even more productive
#6-#10 Montana Stones, or any stonefly nymphs
#8 streamers, just about any although the Marabou Coachman has been gaining my confidence
#10-#14 Attractor Dries
#14 caddis dries
If your on a quality stream and get lucky you might catch an early glimpse of the "early four"-Hendrickson, Quill Gordon, Blue Quill, BWO

Good Luck Saturday man


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