Penn's Creek Clave...Say "I"

"Tom Littleton" wrote

.. Even for midges and tricos he recommended 6X as a minor tactic. I
think he may have been correct, so long as the tippet is out of the trouts
view. Worth noting, the tests mentioned involved beetles, which get
grabbed
quickly(and decided upon equally quickly) by most trout. A more
deliberately
consumed food item(ex:abundant mayflies)
might produce different data.
Tom

this is a matter that i would have taken up with you, had i been
fortunate enough to have the time to appear at penns. there are several
trusted sources concerning the use of beetles and ants as killer terrestial
patterns for our high country trout. in my, um, several years on the
streams in tons, my experience has not matched the literature. the most
successful patterns throughout my life have been either stimulators (in
either yellow, orange, or royal wulff ties), yellow humpies, adams (either
paras or white winged adams, locally called "thunderheads"), or royal
wulffs. and i am taking into consideration the late summer and early fall
months.

maybe i have'nt been patient enough...maybe i don't see them as well,
and thus don't use them as often as i should... but they just don't ring my
bell (or the trout's bell)

as my buddy from pitt county often reminds us, i suppose this is all
part of "the great mystery".

yfitons
wayno

wayno, regarding terrestrials, notes:
maybe i have'nt been patient enough...maybe i don't see them as well,
and thus don't use them as often as i should... but they just don't ring my
bell (or the trout's bell)

FWIW, I took a Fishing Creek brown from the head of Uncle Tom's pool on a black
ant, fishing at a length of no more than 12 feet. Maybe NC mountain trout
acquire different tastes, or see different bugs.
You are right, they can be darned hard to see, but you KNOW where they are,
right?
Tom
p.s. Give me a Green Drake on a 10 4xl
Hook anyday, but ants and beetles
have their days.

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
...
wayno, regarding terrestrials, notes:
maybe i have'nt been patient enough...maybe i don't see them as well,
and thus don't use them as often as i should... but they just don't ring
my
bell (or the trout's bell)

FWIW, I took a Fishing Creek brown from the head of Uncle Tom's pool on a
black
ant, fishing at a length of no more than 12 feet. Maybe NC mountain trout
acquire different tastes, or see different bugs.
You are right, they can be darned hard to see, but you KNOW where they
are,
right?
Tom
p.s. Give me a Green Drake on a 10 4xl
Hook anyday, but ants and beetles
have their days.

before i let this opportunity slip away, i must say that you might ought
to get your large, gangly ass down to the old north state for a taste of
high country fishing, which will be a little more like hunting than
fishing... having said that, my bet is that you could come up with a match
the hatch proposition for even the most sterile of our waters.

you owe us at least one trip down this way.

yfitons
wayno