2009-07-02_CrookedCreek
On the hunt for mayflies today I found none at the usual spot at the Brownsville lookout. Since I was in the neighborhood I decided to hit the lower section of Crooked Creek for trout. I was stopped by the landowner, who was on top of his tractor, and asked if I was gonna float [...]
2009-04-04_CrookedCreek
I found this creek while scouting with my father opening weekend in 2003. Mayflies were coming off. I had never experienced a mayfly hatch like this in a spring creek in 20 seasons of Trout angling. This was my second season of owning an actual trout fly rod. I had several seasons swinging flies in [...]
2009-04-03_CrookedCreek
Our 400th image gallery!! Wes, Eric and I got out for some spring mayflies. We took fish on top all over as the hatch was great today. There were fish feeding to hatching mayflies in every run, riffle and pool. We encountered no other anglers out today.
2009-04-02_CrookedCreek
Today I headed south to get my annual Dark Hendrickson fix. The hatch was rather brief today however I managed several fish on top with #16 parachute adams. I switched over to a #2 Ugly Tom and caught several fish in the 14-18-inch range.
The mayflies are off.
here is a bit of video from Friday. 50 degrees and windy afforded me a creek to myself catching 64 trout in the afternoon.
2004-04-10_CrookedCreek
Time 11:00AM-4:30PM Air temp 46 degrees farenheit Water temp 54 degrees farenheit BWO(Baetis) -30+/per, sz. 18-24++. wing casing developed, fourth instars Dark Hendrickson – 5/per, 4th instar with wing pads. March Brown(stenonema vicarium)- 4/per, sz. 12-16 Riffle Beetles – 2/per, sz. 18 Golden Stones – 1/per, sz. 16 Conditions – Water: clear and low Weather: [...]
2004-04-07_CrookedCreek
Time 1:00PM-4:20PM Air temp 64 degrees farenheit Water temp 54 degrees farenheit Small BWO’s and midge coming off upon arrival. Baetis vagans started when smaller BWOs began to slow around 1:45 and hatched until about 3:45. The smaller BWOs started again around 4. The smaller BWO hatch was light. Midge hatch was moderate throughout the [...]