My new fly rod is a 7' 9" St. Croix rod in the Avid line. Stumbling upon a recent sale on the Bass Pro Shops website, I got the rod for about half price. Once it arrived in the mail, I took it to my friendly local fly shop and paired it with a Teton Tioga 2 reel. Onto this, I spooled up a WF3F Tactical Trout Ridge Line from AirFlo. Unfortunately, weather kept me off the water for two long days, and it wasnt until Sunday that I was able to try it out.
Sunday afternoon, I headed out to the Loyalhanna. I pulled into an access area to find 5 cars parked and empty with a sixth car surrounded by a trio of fishermen geting ready to fish. So I turned around and headed farther upstream. Up top, I had the parking area to myself, but a quick check of the water revealed that it was just as crowded as down below.
At that point my adventurous spirit kicked in and I made the drive to the Indian Creek DHALO. I was surprised to see two other cars in the lot, but once I got on the water, I didnt even see another soul until I got back to the parking area.
Indian creek was beautiful. It's crystal clear, with good depth and flow, and Sunday, it was the scene of a fairly steady scene of stonefly traffic
Indian Creek DHALO
In fact, the only thing the creek WAS missing was trout. In a few hours of fishing there, not only did I not catch anything, but I didnt even SEE any fish. So after a pleasant walk back to the car and headed for a local farm pond.
Action here was much better, as the warm weather had turned the bluegills on! I caught 2 or three bass and more gills than I could possibly count. I was catching a few here and there till I discovered a nymph they liked (flatteringly enough, a personal design) and proceeded to catch bluegills steadily for the next several hours. Here's a picture of one particularly large hog:
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