Blown out = Stonefly buffet

[Reeder]

With heavy rains and potential flooding coming to PA over the weekend, I was wondering who else sees this as an opportunity to catch big trout? Last weekend Lycoming Creek was high and muddy, so I decided to fish with a size 10 bead head golden stone and a giant golden stone pattern tie on a size 6 streamer hook below that. I fished anywhere along the banks where there was slower water and caught 7 and missed about as many, one of them being a heavy brown that got off. Most of the fish took the bigger meal. I am looking forward to the water turning color and the big browns coming out to stuff themselves. I will post updates and hopefully some decent photos and/or video. Has anyone else ever had any success fishing "blown out" waters.

 

[Fly-Swatter]

Also, big dark streamers, i.e. Wooly Buggers, in dark olive or black in the sizes you mention can cover both bases, fished the way you describe with a few strips up the bank at the end of the drift. Pow!

 

[Camp]

Going to have to give it a try tomorrow. The thought of not fishing is out.

 

[Chaz]

Reeder wrote:
With heavy rains and potential flooding coming to PA over the weekend, I was wondering who else sees this as an opportunity to catch big trout? Last weekend Lycoming Creek was high and muddy, so I decided to fish with a size 10 bead head golden stone and a giant golden stone pattern tie on a size 6 streamer hook below that. I fished anywhere along the banks where there was slower water and caught 7 and missed about as many, one of them being a heavy brown that got off. Most of the fish took the bigger meal. I am looking forward to the water turning color and the big browns coming out to stuff themselves. I will post updates and hopefully some decent photos and/or video. Has anyone else ever had any success fishing "blown out" waters.

That's the way you catch trout in high water.