Fly-Fishing a PA Class "A" Trib., "FIRST DRY FLY ACTION OF 2024", plus a KORKER add-on 

Hey Todd! Your turn to get out there. Winter time can be awesome. Glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Jim! You betcha, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Ben! Oh yes, Rick is very nice and very knowledgeable. We both had just one of those days we all have, when the fish zig and we zag. Thankfully, the next day, the fish were more cooperative. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hello James! You’re welcome and my pleasure. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Awesome Jeremy! What a bonus, catching them on top. Way to go!👍🏻Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Congratulations! That first fish of a new year always gives us hope for good things ahead. Yes, those bigger fish were very healthy looking and fought great. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi John! Thank you brother, glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Vincent! Oh no, with this nice weather, plenty of guys on the stream, enjoy it while we got it. Old man Winter I’m sure will show himself before Spring shows up. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Snook! Thank you very much. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Keith! Great to hear you’re having a bunch of fun this Winter, gotta love these warm spells with healthy water flows. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Bill! Thank you brother! Yes, those fish were definitely very healthy looking. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you Dan! Oh yeah, little stoneflies have been popping in this past two weeks with the warmer weather. Get out there and have fun! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hey John, thank you buddy! A great little trout stream for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Chris! Thank you, forgot to mention it was my Douglas Upstream rod, actually that day I had an issue with the reel seat circle clips coming loose several times, seems like the reel seat mount is too skinny for the sliding circle rings, might have to build up the thickness of the reel mount. Other than that, had a great day, glad you enjoyed the video.

Hi Brian! I know, hope you’re also getting some nice weather out there too. Glad you had a good day on the water. You don’t often hear this but, “Size doesn’t matter!” Glad to hear you’re having fun. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Dave! Awesome, good for you! Out with your wife, plus some great fishing, doesn’t get much better than that 👍🏻. Appreciate you watching and commenting and all your support.

Thank you brother! That dry fly action was surely a bonus for me too. Glad I could share it with you. One of those, being at the right place, at the right time deals. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Ed! You’re absolutely correct! Most people don’t even know there’s trout in some of those little tribs. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hello Dean! My pleasure to meet you too. Thank you very much for watching and all your support.

Ha! 😅 Hi George! I’m toying with scraping them off, half are faded and peeling. I don’t know, maybe I’ll keep them a little longer. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hey Mr. Mike! You betcha, I’d like to hit the First Fork this year. We need to set a date, be talking to ya’. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Phil! Was up on the Tully yesterday, fished from 9a-1p, landed 21/24, guys were out, but I took my good old time and hit every seam. Got my mojo back, ha! Saw one fish rise, threw my nymphing rig at him, first drift he took it, a nice male 13” wild brownie. Plenty of fish, mostly small rainbows. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Well that was a fantastic day! Glad you got into them. It's been tough for me this year...I'll have to give it a go this week...The Manny was tough last week also.

Brian! What up! Yeppir, time to get on the water, hit me up next week if you wanna. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi buddy! Yes, stones are popping, I was a little surprised how big these stoneflies were, but there were some smaller ones at the second spot. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Thank you brother! Cabin Fever FF Show, never heard of that one. Where is it? If it’s only a Sat and Sun can’t make it, I work weekends, sorry. Thanks for watching and commenting

@pawoodsnwater7551 cranberry, on the 25th I believe.

Hi Erik! Love finding new patterns, hope you give the spider soft hackle a shot. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Michael! It was a pleasure to meet you too. I thought the Expo was one of the better ones in the past few years. I didn’t buy a big ticket item, but I bought a bunch of small stuff, that still added up 🙄. Oh, I did buy a pretty pricy piece of artwork decoration for the house, one of those resin brown trout sculptures for the outside of my house on my fence alongside my driveway, looks pretty cool 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you Mike, but very sorry to hear your misfortune, happens to the best of us. Hope someone gets back to you with good information. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Doug! Thank you very much. Oh man, there are a bunch of spider or black spider ties on RU-vid, just do a RU-vid search. Basically, you need either a superfine black dubbing, a wire rib, like a blue, pink or copper, and a dark hen soft hackle, just make the body very skinny and no tail, I do sometimes put a small hotspot thorax like a light blue or pink color, you can make them from size 14-18. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Dan! I’m sorry but, sometimes I do, but with these little guys, often in the net, they get into such a tangle, I find it much easier on both of us to take them off as quick as possible. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi buddy! I LOVE the dry fly action too! I use the “Shorty” 50” with a tippet ring, never heard of the Ultra. I’ll have to look into that one. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 Hi Scott, I ordered a leader (50" shorty with tippit ring) in a 4 5 6 weight .... he sent me a 3 wt...🙄..did you look into the Ultra ?

Hi Scott! No I didn’t check the temp, this stream is probably a 50/50 freestone and limestone influenced trib., plenty of springs. But when I put my hands in the water, it was definitely one of the coldest streams I fished this year so far. Hope you able to get out and have some fun. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Sholom brother! No I haven’t, I think because it’s such a subjective subject. For me, it’s mostly toes, neck and hands, but hands because I have to wet them, otherwise they’re good. But if I can keep my toes warm and not have cold wind getting to my neck, the rest of my body is really never an issue. But for everyone else, their issues could be totally different. I do love my Orvis Pro wading jacket, my Simms black fleece mittens and I do wear electric rechargeable wool socks. Those three items are a must for me when Winter fishing. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@pawoodsnwater7551 The toes are my struggle, I've never heard of those socks, I'm ordering them yesterday! 😄 thanks!!

Hi buddy! This stream is in Berks County, but plenty of little streams like this all over PA. Get out there and have some fun! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Dale! I’ve only worn them four times, they are a little narrow, but when opened fully I don’t have any problems. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi Michael! Omg! Yes, like I said in the beginning of this video, I got skunked the day before, on another Class A stocked stream, not a bite in 5 hours! We can only speculate as to why they weren’t feeding the day before, but don’t lose faith, you’re probably not doing anything wrong, just one of those days we all face time to time. Take the best you can from each outing and try to learn something, even on the tough days. Hang in there. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 thanks my friend

Hi buddy! No, I didn’t try the Korker studded felt soles, those studs looked very small and looked like they have no bite. Trust me, stick with the Orvis Posi-Grip Studs 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Good morning buddy! On this format I really can’t show a diagram. On this smaller stream, I’m using a standard weight forward floating line, followed be a 50” Cutthroat Furled Shorty Leader for my butt section of my leader, then four feet of 4x Flouro, then my tandem rig, when switching over to dries, I’ll cut off my tandem rig as a whole, save it for later, then add 3ft. of 5x or 6x then my dry fly. On bigger streams, I’ll add 5ft. of 4x Flouro instead of 4ft. after my Cutthroat leader. If you want to see me actually build it, please watch the first ten minutes of my video “Nymphing a Snowy Penns Creek. Hope this helps. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Kyle! No, I’m sorry, I was up at the NJ show, and the Lancaster show is not there on Friday my only available day. In your interested, come this Thursday the 15th to the Berks Fly Tyers meeting at 7pm at the Berks Agricultural Building on County Rd. up near the Tully, anyone is invited. I’m the guest tyer again for the evening. Thanks for watching and commenting.

If I can make it I will be there. It’s alittle bit of a drive for me

What is going to be on the agenda for the night? You just tying? Or are you going over something?

@@kylehartman86 Tying 4-5 patterns, and also talking about my leader setup

Hi Tom! I was using my Douglas Upstream 8’8”/4wt, it’s a medium action graphite rod. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Good morning buddy! All I can say is in Berks County, too small of a stream to broadcast, hope you understand. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 Fair enough, I understand, thanks for the hint. I will be trying some wild brown/brook streams in my area of Lancaster soon.

Wasn’t expecting a Friday video drop, but it was a good one. Liked the way you hunted down those interested in the dries and really liked the wiggle skit action you put on those little stone flies. Another super video! Thanks again, Scott.

@@anthonyb1661 Yo Yo Anthony! Surprised ya! I get back on the regular Sunday drop soon. You liked that little wiggle jiggle action? Ha! Trying to imitate that skittering action, Sometimes it works. Hope you’re able to get out this weekend. Have fun! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Stocked trout streams are open for fishing until the third Monday in February. Some streams have a creel limit and some are no kill. Check the regulations in the PA F&B summary book.

Yes, the last day to fish a regular stocked trout stream this year, I think is Feb. 19th, so we got ten more days. Get out there! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

I hear ya buddy! But the stream still is healthy with a fair amount of wilds, that’s still good news 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.