Trey
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- Sep 12, 2015
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Hi everyone! Excited to be here. I have been fly fishing for steelhead and WW fish over here in my home state for about the last 10 years or so.
Recently on a hike I discovered a wild Brook trout stream, which got me researching and has led me to really appreciate wild trout. Now in Ohio we don't have much/any of those, and I don't feel comfortable fishing the ones we do have, due to the delicate nature of the Brookies and the few streams they remain in. As such, I plan on spending a lot of time over the upcoming years in PA waters. I haven't done much fishing in PA but make it out a few times a year for steelhead.
Steelhead fly fishing as I am sure many of you know seems to be very different than small stream wild trout fly fishing. And although I certainly have the basics down, I could certainly use some help not only locating water as close to home as possible (so western PA, I am near Cleveland, about 2 hours northwest of Pittsburgh), but also which flies to use where and when. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great. I did download the Class A streams to my Google Earth, but would prefer to fish water that isn't over fished of course. Maybe someone could let me know the top staple 10 flies/patterns to have and what sizes. Seems a lot more complicated than chucking a big streamer or a stonefly nymph to some hungry steelies or smallies.
I have a 9 wt setup that I use for steelhead, a 5 wt I use for most everything WW, and yesterday I picked up my first "smaller" water setup, a 4wt 7' Orvis clearwater, with a Lamson Velocity that I got a killer deal on at the local fly shop. I loaded it with SA Mastery Series Textured Trout. Wasn't sure on the line, but this came highly recommended. Any opinions and advice on this setup?
Thanks for reading, looking forward to getting to know everyone here.
Recently on a hike I discovered a wild Brook trout stream, which got me researching and has led me to really appreciate wild trout. Now in Ohio we don't have much/any of those, and I don't feel comfortable fishing the ones we do have, due to the delicate nature of the Brookies and the few streams they remain in. As such, I plan on spending a lot of time over the upcoming years in PA waters. I haven't done much fishing in PA but make it out a few times a year for steelhead.
Steelhead fly fishing as I am sure many of you know seems to be very different than small stream wild trout fly fishing. And although I certainly have the basics down, I could certainly use some help not only locating water as close to home as possible (so western PA, I am near Cleveland, about 2 hours northwest of Pittsburgh), but also which flies to use where and when. If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great. I did download the Class A streams to my Google Earth, but would prefer to fish water that isn't over fished of course. Maybe someone could let me know the top staple 10 flies/patterns to have and what sizes. Seems a lot more complicated than chucking a big streamer or a stonefly nymph to some hungry steelies or smallies.
I have a 9 wt setup that I use for steelhead, a 5 wt I use for most everything WW, and yesterday I picked up my first "smaller" water setup, a 4wt 7' Orvis clearwater, with a Lamson Velocity that I got a killer deal on at the local fly shop. I loaded it with SA Mastery Series Textured Trout. Wasn't sure on the line, but this came highly recommended. Any opinions and advice on this setup?
Thanks for reading, looking forward to getting to know everyone here.
