I went up to the mudhole in Hughesville for some morning fishing. The weather wasn't the best with some on and off sprinkles. The air temperature was quite pleasant. I had a rainsuit that kept me nice and dry.
I started out tossing a castmaster lure. After about 20 or so minutes of nothing I switched up to a lighter rainbow trout pattern super duper spoon. After about 10 minutes or so I finally had my first trout of the year.
In the next hour or so I ended up getting 9 more rainbows and missed at least a half dozen strikes. Most of the trout stocked were robust and feisty. I had quite a few jumpers.
Switching up gear I ditched the spinning outfit for a 5 weight fly pole. I tied on a flashback pheasant tail nymph and ran a small split shot a foot up the leader from the fly. I hooked up instantly. I got 18 trout on the nymph. Around 1pm I switched to a caddis nymph but by them the bite had died down. The pheasant tail was pretty tore up to the point where it just looked like a clump of feathers and string on a hook. I'd say I got my money's worth from that fly.
In all I fished for about 3 1/2 hours. 28 fish caught and a dozen or more lost. It's not uncommon to lose fish caught on a fly since the hooks are so small. Unless the trout get a good hold of the fly, it's easy to miss digging the barb in their mouth when setting the hook.
I fished with 12 other people. Most were using bait. I other fly fisherman had some success with a wooly bugger fly. Around 1:30 the skies opened up again. That was enough for me. There should be some trout to be caught for the next 5 days. There is a good bit of weeds on the water but it isn't the green mess that this pond turns into by the end of the summer. Good luck.
I started out tossing a castmaster lure. After about 20 or so minutes of nothing I switched up to a lighter rainbow trout pattern super duper spoon. After about 10 minutes or so I finally had my first trout of the year.
In the next hour or so I ended up getting 9 more rainbows and missed at least a half dozen strikes. Most of the trout stocked were robust and feisty. I had quite a few jumpers.
Switching up gear I ditched the spinning outfit for a 5 weight fly pole. I tied on a flashback pheasant tail nymph and ran a small split shot a foot up the leader from the fly. I hooked up instantly. I got 18 trout on the nymph. Around 1pm I switched to a caddis nymph but by them the bite had died down. The pheasant tail was pretty tore up to the point where it just looked like a clump of feathers and string on a hook. I'd say I got my money's worth from that fly.
In all I fished for about 3 1/2 hours. 28 fish caught and a dozen or more lost. It's not uncommon to lose fish caught on a fly since the hooks are so small. Unless the trout get a good hold of the fly, it's easy to miss digging the barb in their mouth when setting the hook.
I fished with 12 other people. Most were using bait. I other fly fisherman had some success with a wooly bugger fly. Around 1:30 the skies opened up again. That was enough for me. There should be some trout to be caught for the next 5 days. There is a good bit of weeds on the water but it isn't the green mess that this pond turns into by the end of the summer. Good luck.
