klingy
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If you're like me, you don't get to pick and choose your fishing days around the perfect weather. I had all day yesterday to fish, and looking at the forecast, it didn't look good. The conventional wisdom is to avoid bright sunny days, but that's what I was dealt by mother nature. Great. I figured I'd make the best of it. My plan was to target trout and smallies in the Huntingdon/Centre/Mifflin area.
From about 10:30 on, the trout were keyed in on the shade/heavy structure. At first, I tried fishing every good looking hole, but after I noticed I wasn't getting anything out of water that was in the sun, I just skipped those holes all together. After keying in on the shade, the trout seemed to take whatever I threw at them. Hares ear, walts worm, caddis pupa, even some on hoppers. It was actually pretty crazy. In one hole I caught a fish on four consecutive casts.
I know for sure this wasn't due to any real skill on my part, I feel like I was just in the right place at the right time. I have fished these same streams before and had 1-2 fish days. The action continued until around 4:00, then seemed to taper off. I did manage to get into a few smallies in the evening, but the big J was still just a little high for me to wade very comfortably.
Bottom line that I took away from today is to just work the hand you're dealt. I would have come away happy just getting the chance to be outside, but it sure is nice to catch a few trout while I'm at it!
From about 10:30 on, the trout were keyed in on the shade/heavy structure. At first, I tried fishing every good looking hole, but after I noticed I wasn't getting anything out of water that was in the sun, I just skipped those holes all together. After keying in on the shade, the trout seemed to take whatever I threw at them. Hares ear, walts worm, caddis pupa, even some on hoppers. It was actually pretty crazy. In one hole I caught a fish on four consecutive casts.
I know for sure this wasn't due to any real skill on my part, I feel like I was just in the right place at the right time. I have fished these same streams before and had 1-2 fish days. The action continued until around 4:00, then seemed to taper off. I did manage to get into a few smallies in the evening, but the big J was still just a little high for me to wade very comfortably.
Bottom line that I took away from today is to just work the hand you're dealt. I would have come away happy just getting the chance to be outside, but it sure is nice to catch a few trout while I'm at it!
