Tips for SNP

[Nick W]

Hi Folks,

Have had fishing for brookies in SNP on the brain the past few days. Whenever I get out there I always seem to have marginal luck mainly due to my skill in that tight and spooky setting.

Does anyone have any tips about approaching a spot and some good strategies?

I have been using 6x tippet and have tried to sneak up on the pools.

Thanks!

[Danny Barrett]

6x is probably fine.  i normally fish 7.  but they are so close. ive found PT/hares ear/prince style nymphs sized between 14 and 18 and midges around the 20-22 size produce most my fish.  some kind of thing-a-bober and 2 BB splits keep it on the bottom. 

and wade as little as possible.

Good luck.

Thanks,

Dan Barrett

dannyt...@gmail.com

(540)-222-8064

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[TurbineBlade]

If you punch in 'brook trout' or something similar into the search engine you'll find a lot of various tips people have posted previously.  All of them are as vaild now as they were then.  Not much changes with small stream trout fishing -- but that's a beautiful thing ;). 

Work upstream, stay low, use a long enough length of tippet to get a good drift (I'd rather have 4' of 5x than 2' of 6x....so length matters), and you'll catch dozens and dozens on a good day.  I've broken triple digits twice now, but we go every weekend -- all year long. I've also had days where I worked all day for a single fish. 

Gene

[Ashley Frohwein]

Tandem rig with something bright and foamy on top.

[Yambag Nelson]

Here are a few suggestions:

Stay low

Stay out of the water if possible

Approach from downstream and don't get right up on the pools.  Fish will often be in the tails and if you spoke those you will probably spook them all

Don't wear bright colors

Keep false casting to a minimum

6x is plenty fine unless you are there in august and the water is super low.  In that case you should really just fish somewhere else.

On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 1:40:50 PM UTC-5, Nick W wrote:

[Ashley Frohwein]

The lighter the fly line, the better. I normally use a 2wt rod and line, but would use a 1wt instead (if I owned one). 3wt is major overkill.

Roll cast pickup + double haul = minimal backcasting

[Andrew Sarcinello]

Personally I never go lighter than 5x for brookies, and that is only in low water. Too easy to lose flies to branches. Google/learn the bow and arrow cast, saves a lot of trouble dealing with branches. Shenandoah streams are actually fairly open casting as far as brookie water goes, but I still use the bow and arrow most of the time to play it safe. If the water is on the high side (likely the case this time of year), Try skating a dry fly or twitching it in place over their heads. The speed of the current can take it out of their feeding lane before they get a chance to see it. Try to get your fly to land in slow water if possible, that way they have more time to see it.

[Andrew Sarcinello]

Nick W I would be more than happy to chase brookies in SNP with you if you're interested. It's one of those things that is easier to show someone how to do it better than to just tell them.

[TurbineBlade]

Take up Andrew on that -- learning by observation works. 

Yambag is absolutely right too -- if you spook that one, he'll generally race upstream into the head of the pool and spook every other fish as well.  I can't tell you how many times I've done that.   

Gene

On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 7:10:12 PM UTC-5, Andrew Sarcinello wrote:

[Ashley Frohwein]

I'm heading to dry river on Sunday for some brookie fishing. I'll probably also hit up mossy creeek and North River.  If anybody wants to join/catch a ride, PM me. (You'll just need to be ready to go at ~5am.)