ROVERT
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The light switch was in full effect on Penns today.
I'm at our place in Siglerville this week, unfortunately not to fish but to work. I have a lot of work to do so I'm trying to squeeze in some fishing hours at, as far as I'm able to predict, the best times of the day.
Yesterday, I nailed it and had the best couple of hours of grannom fishing in my life. Today, I headed to the water as the fronts were due to bring cloud cover and showers. I got to the first pool as a bout of rain and sleet tapered off. The olives poured off. It took the fish a bit to start but soon there were steady risers.
They were not interested in my offering. I started to change patterns and the sun popped out. Every fish stopped rising. This repeated twice more with no success.
The number of Hendricksons had steadily increased over this period and they were keyed in on them instead of olives when the next round of cloud cover arrived. I found quick acceptance of Hendrickson offering.
As the clouds settled in for good, the accompanying temperature drop seemed to shut down the majority of risers. I found two tucked tight, really tight, to a log on the far bank. They were consistent. They ate every Hendrickson that came down their incredibly narrow lanes. The problem was I couldn't reach them.
After far too long hopelessly trying to get my cast to shoot just a little further, I waded even deeper. I found two rocks that, with a slightly wider than ideal stance, I could stand on, elevating me just enough to be able to make the cast. When I got my fly in the lane, the fish took. It was a good fish. It promptly headed for a submerged log, deftly transferring my fly from its mouth to it.
I'm going to be thinking about that fish for a while. The weather looks unfavorable tomorrow buts there's a good chance that I'll be standing on those two rocks at some point on Thursday waiting for the light switch.
PS. Bruce reported that Grannoms started on lower Penns today. They were very heavy in the upper C&R yesterday. I didn't see nearly as many today. I'm not sure if it just because they are the first big surface feeds of the year but I think having simultaneous Hendrickson and grannom hatches may be my favorite FF event of the year and one I often don't get to fish.
I'm at our place in Siglerville this week, unfortunately not to fish but to work. I have a lot of work to do so I'm trying to squeeze in some fishing hours at, as far as I'm able to predict, the best times of the day.
Yesterday, I nailed it and had the best couple of hours of grannom fishing in my life. Today, I headed to the water as the fronts were due to bring cloud cover and showers. I got to the first pool as a bout of rain and sleet tapered off. The olives poured off. It took the fish a bit to start but soon there were steady risers.
They were not interested in my offering. I started to change patterns and the sun popped out. Every fish stopped rising. This repeated twice more with no success.
The number of Hendricksons had steadily increased over this period and they were keyed in on them instead of olives when the next round of cloud cover arrived. I found quick acceptance of Hendrickson offering.
As the clouds settled in for good, the accompanying temperature drop seemed to shut down the majority of risers. I found two tucked tight, really tight, to a log on the far bank. They were consistent. They ate every Hendrickson that came down their incredibly narrow lanes. The problem was I couldn't reach them.
After far too long hopelessly trying to get my cast to shoot just a little further, I waded even deeper. I found two rocks that, with a slightly wider than ideal stance, I could stand on, elevating me just enough to be able to make the cast. When I got my fly in the lane, the fish took. It was a good fish. It promptly headed for a submerged log, deftly transferring my fly from its mouth to it.
I'm going to be thinking about that fish for a while. The weather looks unfavorable tomorrow buts there's a good chance that I'll be standing on those two rocks at some point on Thursday waiting for the light switch.
PS. Bruce reported that Grannoms started on lower Penns today. They were very heavy in the upper C&R yesterday. I didn't see nearly as many today. I'm not sure if it just because they are the first big surface feeds of the year but I think having simultaneous Hendrickson and grannom hatches may be my favorite FF event of the year and one I often don't get to fish.
