Wednesday, June 17, 2009







The above pictures are some nice Allegheny River fish that Shane landed while using his two handed spey rod. Shane has been prowling the Allegheny Tailwater using his two handed rod and experimenting with various lines in different release levels. All of these fish were landed at different levels throughout this spring. Shane has been keeping detailed records of what has been working best with each level.

If you would like to learn more about two handed rod, spey fishing, and using switch rods on big water email me at newpherd@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting NW PA Blog and I look forward to meeting you on the water.

Damon

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Thursday, June 4, 2009




High Muddy Water 8ft.!!!






Many days have passed since my last post to the blog. The conditions for weeks remained unchanged. Bright sunny days, low clear water, sulphurs remained the main hatch and the fishing was excellent some days challenging most, due to the water and the sun.
Last week we had a huge change, the two inches of rain we were lacking for the month of May finally came in one night bringing high muddy water on the Clarion and made the Allegheny not very fly fishing friendly, due to the release from the dam.
Most of my guests fishing with me on the boat don't have the option of driving up and fishing the peak days on the water so we head out and fish what the river gave to us. After many years of doing this the days when most fly fishers would never even think of tying on a fly we've challenged the fish and the river and have succeeded with great success.
The pictures above are of guests that fished with me last week during the low and high water, clear and muddy, and variable conditions that we faced each day.
I will be posting soon about the conditions on the Allegheny River. The forecast is for lower water and once it become a more fly fishing friendly river we'll be hitting the evening hatches and catching some of the big browns that lurk in its deep rifles.

Hope to see you on the water. It's hard to believe fall steelhead season is only 3 months away. Time to start tying steelhead flys.