Proposed Penns Fly Swap

Thomas Littleton wrote:

Fat Chance, there! Plus, 30 wouldn't even make a dent into the
necessary
variety in that timeframe.


Hrmph! Sticking my neck way out there there should only be three
patterns needed on Penn's at that time. A pheasant tail nymph, a green
drake pattern, and this one tied in sizes from 18 - 10.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fl...erts_drake.htm (I
know the instructions don't go to the small sizes but it's the quickest
picture I could find)

Next thing you know you'll be saying I need to show up with 10
different rod and reel setups. g

I'll be ducking now.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Hrmph! Sticking my neck way out there there should only be three
patterns needed on Penn's at that time. A pheasant tail nymph, a green
drake pattern, and this one tied in sizes from 18 - 10.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fl...erts_drake.htm (I
know the instructions don't go to the small sizes but it's the quickest
picture I could find)

Next thing you know you'll be saying I need to show up with 10
different rod and reel setups. g

I'll be ducking now.

Nice Drake pattern. Now, as to the harumphing.....during that 4 or 5 week
timeframe, Penn's will offer up, by my count(and I assume I have not seen
some species) about 13 species of mayflies, 8 caddisflies, 3 or 4 stonefly
species, 3 different craneflies, several different midges. The trout will
take them all, along with assorted baitfish and larval forms not nearing
hatch periods. Feel free to fish with nothing but Adams' if you wish, but
you will leave the place scratching your head over stuff you see there,
trust me. The stream is a virtual bug factory. Part of the reason we are
moving back a week is so the visiting ROFF crew can encounter the Green
Drakes, a hatch which can be a marvel due to the sheer size of the bugs.
Still, for a true wonder of Penn's, one has to catch a real good Sulfur
night. You may wonder where so many bugs came from in such a hurry!
Tom

"Thomas Littleton" wrote in message
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Nice Drake pattern. Now, as to the harumphing.....during that 4 or 5 week
timeframe, Penn's will offer up, by my count(and I assume I have not seen
some species) about 13 species of mayflies, 8 caddisflies, 3 or 4 stonefly
species, 3 different craneflies, several different midges. [snip]
trust me. The stream is a virtual bug factory. Part of the reason we are
moving back a week is so the visiting ROFF crew can encounter the Green
Drakes, a hatch which can be a marvel due to the sheer size of the bugs.
Still, for a true wonder of Penn's, one has to catch a real good Sulfur
night. You may wonder where so many bugs came from in such a hurry!

I trust you Tom, never having been on Penn's myself but I have fished some
other PA streams and based on description it does not sound all that
different in terms of hatches in what you might find on a Northern Michigan
stream a few weeks later substituting hexes for green drakes. That little
roberts drake pattern matches a poopload of bugs in Michigan,

Either way, I intend to attend at least a few days this year and you can
prove me wrong. Deal?

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
...
Either way, I intend to attend at least a few days this year and you can
prove me wrong. Deal?


Deal!
Tom
p.s. are Reid and I swapping amongst ourselves?

p.s. are Reid and I swapping amongst ourselves?

Well, it looks like you, I and Timmay.

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Frank Reid wrote:
p.s. are Reid and I swapping amongst ourselves?

Well, it looks like you, I and Timmay.

Ahem.

I am very sure that Jim Lafley will join up.
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Stan Gula
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On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:58:09 GMT, "Stan Gula"
wrote:

Frank Reid wrote:
p.s. are Reid and I swapping amongst ourselves?

Well, it looks like you, I and Timmay.

Ahem.

I am very sure that Jim Lafley will join up.


Well, as long as you don't get sixty guys lookin' for freebies, I'll
toss in a caddis - hydropsyche probably -- I'll check the hatch charts
first.

Peter

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Thomas Littleton wrote:

p.s. are Reid and I swapping amongst ourselves?
I'll throw in .......robert's yellow drakes.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Hrmph! Sticking my neck way out there there should only be three
patterns needed on Penn's at that time. A pheasant tail nymph, a green
drake pattern, and this one tied in sizes from 18 - 10.
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fl...erts_drake.htm (I
know the instructions don't go to the small sizes but it's the quickest
picture I could find)

Next thing you know you'll be saying I need to show up with 10
different rod and reel setups. g

I'll be ducking now.

Nice Drake pattern. Now, as to the harumphing.....during that 4 or 5 week
timeframe, Penn's will offer up, by my count(and I assume I have not seen
some species) about 13 species of mayflies, 8 caddisflies, 3 or 4 stonefly
species, 3 different craneflies, several different midges. The trout will
take them all, along with assorted baitfish and larval forms not nearing
hatch periods. Feel free to fish with nothing but Adams' if you wish, but
you will leave the place scratching your head over stuff you see there,
trust me. The stream is a virtual bug factory. Part of the reason we are
moving back a week is so the visiting ROFF crew can encounter the Green
Drakes, a hatch which can be a marvel due to the sheer size of the bugs.
Still, for a true wonder of Penn's, one has to catch a real good Sulfur
night. You may wonder where so many bugs came from in such a hurry!
Tom