krayfish2
Well-known member
Looking at the resurrection of the "best fly fishing east of the Mississippi" thread, I thought why not toss it out there......"what's the most difficult / technical fly fishing you've had?"
Keep in within an 8 hour drive of central PA
The 2 that stand out in my mind are the Letort and EB of the Delaware. You almost need a sniper outfit to approach a fish on the Letort. One stumble and you're done with that pool. The EB is a different type of challenge. Multiple stages of multiple insects hatching, gin clear water, prevailing upriver wind and cat like stalk is required. It's like they have a 50-70' comfort zone and once you encroach, they simply move further away. You might put a 45 minute stalk on a fish, get one cast and he moves 50' further away. More time stalking, another cast and repeat for hours. It's hard to choose the right fly when you only get to run a cast over the fish every hour and there are 5 heavy hatches happening.
Big spring, spring and others may have selective fish but the fish is 15' from you and you can blood in the fish until it takes your offering. Love to hear what you guys have experienced.
Keep in within an 8 hour drive of central PA
The 2 that stand out in my mind are the Letort and EB of the Delaware. You almost need a sniper outfit to approach a fish on the Letort. One stumble and you're done with that pool. The EB is a different type of challenge. Multiple stages of multiple insects hatching, gin clear water, prevailing upriver wind and cat like stalk is required. It's like they have a 50-70' comfort zone and once you encroach, they simply move further away. You might put a 45 minute stalk on a fish, get one cast and he moves 50' further away. More time stalking, another cast and repeat for hours. It's hard to choose the right fly when you only get to run a cast over the fish every hour and there are 5 heavy hatches happening.
Big spring, spring and others may have selective fish but the fish is 15' from you and you can blood in the fish until it takes your offering. Love to hear what you guys have experienced.