Thread: Assunpink trip 04-28-11

i use small size no knot fast snap things so i don't have to tie on flies.me and my dad mostly go to stone tavern,but this past year i think went to assunpink itself like twice.once in the boat for the day,and it me and my dad didn't seem to get much.we have had good days there in the past tho.the second time we first went to rising sun and had lousy time there.so we packed up and i felt like trying around the boat launch area at assunpink because the sun was on its way down and didn't have whole lot of daylight left and i usually get into fish around the boat launches at all 3 of the lakes.anyways i proceded to nail the crap out of bluegills and mostly pumpkinseeds for the rest of the time on the flyrod with tiny small foam dry flies made on #14 hooks.the fish were small,but the action was nonstop!i love that action lol,and i do the same thing at stone tavern launch area everytime me n my dad bring the boat out there.first thing i do when i get out of the truck when we pull up is get the flyrod out usually with a foam dry fly and hit the boat launch

I also fish Stone Tavern from the boat launch, the lake bottom is way to soft to wade, and am usually juts to the right of the tree off the ramp. It seems like most of the activity takes place on the other side of the cove and I just can't quite cast that far. This year I'm thinking about using a float tube and try my luck a little further out.

The area around the boat launch at Assunpink is wade-able in both directions and I caught a large bass just off the point by the reeds last year.

The last time I stopped by Rising Sun I talked to some guys that told me all the undergrowth was removed and the fishing dropped off after that. I never went back.

As far as tying on the flys learn how to use your hemostats to help with the knots. They can be done very quickly and with minimum fuss. Plus the added weight of the snaps will sink some drys.