Fish Sticks
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Not a Chubsmen Swatty?
Creek Chub Thread
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He caught one of the horny ones once. I think.
Fish Sticks
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Have you ever been to hershey near the hospital?
The Rodfather
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Personally, I enjoy the chub. I guess I'm just not a size queen. I like the fight in the little guys. Yeah, it's nice to rip into a 20 inch brown and have a battle, but I prefer the native brookies and chub and fallfish, even the blacknose dace over the invasive browns and channel cats.
I like to think I'd make a good NFC member one day.
I like to think I'd make a good NFC member one day.
rancid waders
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Incredible color on those big chubs
Fish Sticks
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The pinks and purples near spawn look awesome
Fish Sticks
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Agreed. Also when every stream near your house meets class A chub density why deny tour self an amazing dry fly and streamer fishery in your own backyard. If you want a life on the water but only get out once a week because you gotta turn the odometer for trout you don’t have a life on the water now do ya.
Prospector
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What section of the state are red breasted sunfish common in streams? I’ve seen that mentioned often through the years on this site but I don’t remember ever catching one in a stream. Maybe it’s because I fish NWPA and NCPA.
Redbreast are very common all throughout the Susquehanna and Juniata drainages.
Yes.....all of eastern PA/Atlantic Drainages. I do not believe they are commonly found (or native to) the point where things start flowing west into the Mississippi. just slightly west of Central PA.
dryflyguy
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I kinda use creek chubs to gauge new brookie streams that I'm checking out.
Even though they certainly coexist with trout, their presence seems to indicate a not so great trout stream.
Even though they certainly coexist with trout, their presence seems to indicate a not so great trout stream.
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Fish Sticks
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I have
one spring creek where redbreasts overlap with creek chibs and fall fish, great mix.
Silent Ocelot
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Chubs is to Ocelot as cocaine is to Jim Sipala
Silent Ocelot
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Impressive how such a small fish can inhale such a large fly. I've never gotten a chub or dace on a streamer. I do nymph primarily on moving water though. I think we should start a thread on smallest fish caught on the biggest fly. We've had a thread on largest fly caught on the smallest fly. ASTOUNDINGLY good work FS, thanks for sharing.
Silent Ocelot
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Silent Ocelot
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They seem to be everywhere in SEPA. Can't think of many streams that DON'T have redbreasts, but I have my preferred creeks/rivers for targeting them. I think redbreasts may be my favorite in moving water, bluegill for stillwater because they get larger, also redbreasts don't live in ponds/lakes. I just found a bluegill mine local to me too so I'm gonna be chipping away at them for awhile. Why don't you come down here and I'll get you into redbreasts, in return I'd like to learn some of your steelhead tactics as I wasn't so hot back in March. I'm a mediocre angler in most regards but I'd like to think of myself as a bit of panfish enthusiast.
Fish Sticks
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Rod Father I saw your name on the Dauphin County League of Chubsman roster are you coming out to the smeltzer farm for the L.O.C creek chub one fly this sat?
