Night Fishing resources, techniques, flies, and reports.

Captain Wader Farts · Jul 9, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
I saw that episode, it is nice to see how others night fish. I have glow in dark fly line but I don’t light it up that much at this point. I went out tonight in a small mouth stream with a few PAFF forum members. Caught one small mouth and personal bested on rock bass. View attachment 1641231376 View attachment 1641231377 View attachment 1641231378 View attachment 1641231379

Nice spider web. most anglers don’t know it but examining spider webs is a technique I have been using for 30+ years to predict the hatch

3sip · Jul 10, 2023

This is the first trout I caught in Pennsylvania, I caught it at night. I used to night fish all the time and the last 2 years I really haven't much at all. I've fished with the glow fly line and it's a game changer for me. I also use emergency glow tape on mono as an indie if I'm nymphing. I've had great success with dark neutrally buoyant streamers. I haven't caught anything over 20" but a bunch in the 16-19" range however I'm fishing a small class A tributary that I've only seen one fish over 20" in 8 years. If you haven't gone out at night you got to do it.

Fish Sticks · Jul 10, 2023

3sip said:
This is the first trout I caught in Pennsylvania, I caught it at night. I used to night fish all the time and the last 2 years I really haven't much at all. I've fished with the glow fly line and it's a game changer for me. I also use emergency glow tape on mono as an indie if I'm nymphing. I've had great success with dark neutrally buoyant streamers. I haven't caught anything over 20" but a bunch in the 16-19" range however I'm fishing a small class A tributary that I've only seen one fish over 20" in 8 years. If you haven't gone out at night you got to do it.

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Holy crap thats an awesome shot of the snake with the the fish!!!!! Yea there is nothing like something grabbing your fly in the dark. Wish I could get out and do it more often

3sip · Jul 10, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
Holy crap thats an awesome shot of the snake with the the fish!!!!! Yea there is nothing like something grabbing your fly in the dark. Wish I could get out and do it more often

I see this a lot. This was a big one. that trout is about 12" so the snake is 3-4'.

Fish Sticks · Jul 10, 2023

3sip said:
I see this a lot. This was a big one. that trout is about 12" so the snake is 3-4'.
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Omg thats savage! I wear snake gaiters at night time for good reason that cover where my wading boot laces meat the tongue to 2” below my knee.

lycoflyfisher · Jul 10, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
Omg thats savage! I wear snake gaiters at night time for good reason that cover where my wading boot laces meat the tongue to 2” below my knee.

Scared of water snakes?

Fish Sticks · Jul 10, 2023

lycoflyfisher said:
Scared of water snakes?

I am not great at Identifying different ones when I can’t see my hand in front of my face. I think one of the biggest mistakes people make night fishing is using a light while fishing or walking right up to where the fish are. It spooks them in my experience.

3sip · Jul 10, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
I am not great at Identifying different ones when I can’t see my hand in front of my face. I think one of the biggest mistakes people make night fishing is using a light while fishing or walking right up to where the fish are. It spooks them in my experience.

Yea any light will spook fish. I have a green light and a red light that I use sparingly when trying on flies or when releasing fish. Without white lights even on the darkest nights you can see really well after about 15 minutes. For whatever reason my eyes adjust back to dark better with green light than red.

Fish Sticks · Jul 10, 2023

3sip said:
Yea any light will spook fish. I have a green light and a red light that I use sparingly when trying on flies or when releasing fish. Without white lights even on the darkest nights you can see really well after about 15 minutes. For whatever reason my eyes adjust back to dark better with green light than red.

Yea mine too, I am in the process of reworking my night game a little. I think I got a little one size fits all with the working downstream with wets all the time because it works on big riffled/broken water a lot of the time. However, closer to home i fish tighter calmer streams and I think the down stream approach has hurt me. I am going to give upstream a try more often now and see where it gets me.

Fish Sticks · Jul 16, 2023

Wanted to head out to north central PA to night fish but available time kept me close to home and got my butt kicked on a local stream I know very well but have not cracked the code on at night yet. Always a kick in the mop fly and glow bugs when you work a stream for 5 hours with 2 missed hits and walk back through with the light after your done and seeing it absolute polluted with huge trout.

Waiting for some cool temps on my local brook trout streams to get out and try night fishing these wets i tied today, might have to wait till Sept to find below 64 F around my parts.

3sip · Jul 19, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
Wanted to head out to north central PA to night fish but available time kept me close to home and got my butt kicked on a local stream I know very well but have not cracked the code on at night yet. Always a kick in the mop fly and glow bugs when you work a stream for 5 hours with 2 missed hits and walk back through with the light after your done and seeing it absolute polluted with huge trout.

Waiting for some cool temps on my local brook trout streams to get out and try night fishing these wets i tied today, might have to wait till Sept to find below 64 F around my parts.
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That's the night game in a nutshell. Sometimes snagging a branch is the only action you get all night.

Fish Sticks · Jul 19, 2023

3sip said:
That's the night game in a nutshell. Sometimes snagging a branch is the only action you get all night.

Very true

Fish Sticks · Jul 19, 2023

3sip said:
That's the night game in a nutshell. Sometimes snagging a branch is the only action you get all night.

I might be in the area next week you going out at all recently or near future? Looks like juvenile crawdads everywhere

3sip · Jul 20, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
I might be in the area next week you going out at all recently or near future? Looks like juvenile crawdads everywhere

I wanted to this week but have had a few things come up. I might get out Friday and or one night next week.

Fish Sticks · Jul 20, 2023

3sip said:
I wanted to this week but have had a few things come up. I might get out Friday and or one night next week.

Yea I will let ya know if I wind up down that way next week maybe can hit a spring creek

rancid waders · Jul 20, 2023

Articulated fettuccine head ?

Fish Sticks · Jul 20, 2023

rancid waders said:
Articulated fettuccine head ?

I usually don’t add a shank or anything fancy. Usually its marabou tail, palmered marabou body that just winds up making tail wide and puffy and spun fetucini head with foam clipped diver style/shape on a size 6 2x strong 1x long hook. And about 18” up where the 18lb 0x connects to the tippet ring I have a 2” dropper to a Governor or another size 8-10 wet fly of my creation. Although i have been partial to 1xstrong 2x long size 10 picketts pin with all the juvenile crayfish around now.

Fish Sticks · Jul 20, 2023

Fish Sticks said:
I usually don’t add a shank or anything fancy. Usually its marabou tail, palmered marabou body that just winds up making tail wide and puffy and spun fetucini head with foam clipped diver style/shape on a size 6 2x strong 1x long hook. And about 18” up where the 18lb 0x connects to the tippet ring I have a 2” dropper to a Governor or another size 8-10 wet fly of my creation. Although i have been partial to 1xstrong 2x long size 10 picketts pin with all the juvenile crayfish around now.

Harvey pushers in size 4-6 as well on the point instead of the foam headed mouse/sculpin/frog creature if its not happening on the surface or I’m in the riffles.

Fish Sticks · Jul 20, 2023

^My standard wet size 10

^modified picket’s pin thats a size 6 but i fish em alot smaller as a dropper too.

Classic harvey pusher I think those are size 8 but I fish em size 10-2. Mostly size 4-6 on the point fly.

Fish Sticks · Jul 28, 2023

Enjoyable night of fishing one of my favorite combos.A wet fly dropper 18” up from a mouse/frog/sculpin creature. All Unweighted. I need to get out and work on my upstream night fishing game next time with nymphs and streamers. Never enough nights on the stream try all I want to.