Let me start it:
Trout: Rainbow, Powerbait Brown , black woolly bugger
Crappie: minnow or silver headed 1/8 ounce jig with white kip tail.
I am getting bored ( Isolated) so help keep me amused
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Let me start it:
Trout: Rainbow, Powerbait Brown , black woolly bugger
Crappie: minnow or silver headed 1/8 ounce jig with white kip tail.
I am getting bored ( Isolated) so help keep me amused
Trout: Roostertail or homemade imitation of a Joe's fly spinner. If I wasn't c & r but wanting to keep a few quick>>> tan powerbait on a double hook.
Steelhead : Hand tied marabou jigs 1/16 & 1/32 oz.Attachment 369778Attachment 369779Attachment 369780Attachment 369781
Crappie: Hand tied & soft plastic tipped jigs black & chart, gray + tip with a Nibble
Bluegill : 1/64 oz diamond dust jig, 1/64 black rubber leg spider jig + tipped with a maggie
Walleye: Crawler harness, Hot 'n Tots, Shad Rap
Musky: trolling> Big Shad Rap, Several sizes of Grandma's, Casting > Big spinners
Sorry about that mess up there. Sometimes my paws don't work right. I tried to straighten it but was too late.
WOW! That looks great and I am sure this will be help full to a lot of us on the site. I am mainly a fly fisherman and may be able to help if anyone has question on that subject. I spend a good bit of time in Girard area guiding and fishing for steelhead so thanks for that info also.
For trout,I use salted minnows and rooster tail spinners. For crappies,I use minnows,jigs with plastic or malibo with slab sauce. For walleye,I tie my own wormharnesses. Use nightcrawlers on those and I use plugs.Attachment 369836Attachment 369837
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Wow, what an impressive collection a lot of you guys have. With wade fishing, I have severely down sized and have everything in a pretty light weighing vest. My favorite is trout and crappie magnets, with Bison as my number one go to. I primarily use 1/64 to 1/32 jigs. I would love to get back into fly fishing, but right now I Have manageable carpal in both wrists and am trying real hard to avoid surgery. I use wrist braces at night and can get thru the day and spin fishing without them.
A good thread to keep up the interest - today is a very nice one here in the SE, and I’m planning a scouting trip today. The water may be too cloudy, but I’m looking for the tell tale minnows.
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This is basically the same baits and bobbers I use to fish all panfish.
Some of my hand ties.
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I have carpal tunnel in my right hand also. I hand PT on it and it did not help and was scheduled to have a operation but it is on hold till mid to late May. Everyone I know says the operation is not bad and well worth it. However fly fishing is a way of life for me and mine does not seem all that bad. I also had fly fishers elbow. First recorded case in America. Since I do not play tennis they officially called it fly fishing elbow.
For those who want to fly fish and are newbies I will give a few sugestions:
Early in the year use dark colored flys. Many early spring hatches are black,dark brown and olive in color.
Hatches such as Dark Hendricksons,Grannom Caddis and Blue Wing Olives are common on many waters.
Also some streamers in white and silver can imitate many flashy minnows. Do not forget to have some wollybuggers.I like black the best but other colors work well also.
Thanks for all the post as it helps pass some down time.
Chaunc, those are some nice ties. Also like the ones in the attachment.
Addictangler, the advice for assuming trout, should also translate, to other species as well. So thanks for the advice.
I think that is true S 10. I love to catch crappie on my fly rod. Many lakes have Mayfly ,Caddis and even some stone fly hatches. At time many panfish including crappie will feed on the surface. Especially when crappie are near the surface during early spring spawn time. Catching a 12 inch crappie on a 5 weight fly rod is not only a lot of fun but very tasty also.
Addictedangler.. I used to do very well on crappie with the fly rod. Zonkers and basic white marabou streamers worked the best for me. I only fly fished for crappie till trout season came in so I was fishing shallow water. I was a fly fisherman for many years till 3 spinal surgeries sort of canceled my career. Can't wade or stand on a sloping bank very long so that sort of makes it impossible to fly fish. Still love to tie jigs, spinner flies etc. Thanks to the boat I can still get out there and wet a line. Take CareQuote:
Originally Posted by addictedangler
You can fish wet flys from the boat. Or use a water bobber and wet fly also. I agree on the white streamers. We fished Beaver Dam Swamp reservoir in January and the fish were in the shallow creek water. There were a lot of limbs in it from the beaver so letting any bait drop more then a foot or 2 was a problem. The fly rod was the best tool for the job. I tie a simple streamer on a size 8 3x long shank hook. Silver braided tinsel for the body and either white calf tail or white fox tail for the wing. This can be a killer in low water as does your zonker.
Great thread and info. My Favorites:
Trout - gold Kastmaster and size 3 rainbow trout Rapala in lakes; yellow body with red dots Panther Martin and frog with gold blade Rooster Tail in creeks.
Bluegill - black or white trout magnet slowly retrieved 2-3 behind a bobber.
Crappie - black and chartreuse Southern Pro triple tail tipped with a crappie nibble with multiple other jigs close behind.
Walleye - Hot’n’Tots or gold ol’ night crawlers.
Bass - size 7 black and silver Rapala.
I used to fish the Loyahana creek near Greensburg Pa many years ago as my brother had a cabin on it and it was a family get together. In early spring it was very tough to catch fish fly fishing in the high fast moving waters however I used to use a castmaster and did very well. I would cast down and across and start winding then every 5 feet of lure retrieve I would drop my rod toward the lure and stop the cranking. This would let the lure fall into the deeper holes and it created a very erratic motion. I can assure you this was the ticket for these conditions on stocked water . If you get a chance give this a try. You may be surprised!
Does any one use trout magnets. I see a lot of trout being caught on them
I use trout magnets in streams and lakes for trout as well as the bluegills. I am sold on them. I will use them under a bobber or a slow retrieve. I became sold when I had a rod just hanging over the side with the trout magnet inches under the water. A 12” brown grabbed it right by the boat while I was using one of my other favorite toys on another rod. They are seriously good. They are not far behind my enjoyment of having a kastmaster smacked on a retrieve.
They seem to work like plastic worms do on Largemouths. What color tail and dart do you use and or recommend?Quote:
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Yes, I have picked up some bass on trout magnets as well. Crappies too. My favorite dart is gold. The favorite body for trout is white. Pink has worked in off colored water. For bluegills it is black with either dart. I think all fish see them as a little grub. I ask the fish about their attraction to the magnets, but they don’t offer much in the way of conversation beyond ‘more please’.Quote:
Originally Posted by addictedangler
I used to do tag trout tournaments and as a fly fishermen I did very well it the water was clear and and some what low. However if it was up and rolling I used a few different tactics. One was to use a gold head with orange or chartreuse grub. Then I would put a black wollybugger for my point fly. I could cast these with a light spinning rod and did not have to have a little extra room for my fly rod. I think this worked for me for 2 reasons. First I could get down a little better with the shad dart type head and it also gave some extra movement to the fly. Usually I caught the rainbows on the magnet and browns and brooks on the fly. I am sure this could work well for crappie and gills also.
If fishing Shenango Lake, and you catch any trout, you must release them back, unless you have a trout stamp. I posted about this before, but want to remind everyone again. This all started , thinking last year, when they started stocking trout, up at the Big Bend area. Really wish they had instead stocked them up at the Covered Bridge area, because they , unless really high waters, couldn't get in to the lake. But it is, what it is. Don't know, but guessing also, if you caught any, without a stamp, you couldn't give them to someone with a stamp, as you would be breaking their laws.
I’m the first one to report catching a trout in the lake last year. Released him after a couple pics for proof.Quote:
Originally Posted by S10CHEVY
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Chaunc, I remember that, you said you had caught one. Was also surprised how far, that trout went. Or did someone release some into the lake?
Not a clue how he got that far up lake.Quote:
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I like Bobby garland baby shads, monkey milk is my go to tipped with a crappie bite. This virus sucks, haven’t been able to get out much with the wife working for home and a small child running around. (Hard to get work done) When I get out of work I take on parent duties so she can finish her work. Took my daughter fishing at Presque isle the other day, but a 3 year old only has a 20 minute attention span if I’m lucky. The only thing I caught was my daughters hat after the wind blew it off her head in the water. Boat is headed down to pymatuning on Sunday so hopefully I will have something to report soon.
Times are tough. It is good to hear you did get out to at least look at some water. I have always said if you take a kid fishing and you get to fish that is extra. I assume you had a good time sharing some outdoor time with her. My thoughts are she stays interested when she gets older or if she does not fish she will be voting later in life and hopefully she will have our interest in mind.Quote:
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