Stonefly Nymph - Twin Tiers Five Rivers

Southern Tier Trout
Area Trout Fishing Opportunities
Kirk
Klingensmith
w/ John Lively
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Twin Tiers Five Rivers
Chapter
of the
Federation of
Fly Fishers
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Big Flats, NY
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•www.twintiersfff.org
Salmon
River
Adirondacks
(2.5 hrs)
Cattaraugus
Creek
(3-3.5 hrs)
Catskills
Spring Creek
Wiscoy Creek
(2.5 hrs)
We are within 3.0
hours of Much the
Best Trout Fishing in
the East
Delaware River
Beaverkill River
(2 – 2.5 hrs)
North
Central PA
Pine Creek
Kettle Creek
(1 – 1.5 hrs)
Erie PA
Poconos
Steelhead Tribs
(3.5 hrs)
Central PA
Spring Creek
Fishing Creek
Penns Creek
Little Juniata
Creek
(2.5-3.0 hrs)
Carlisle
Big Spring Creek
Letort Creek
Yellow Breeches
(3.5 hrs)
Cayuta
Creek
Local Trout Waters
(within 1 hour drive
from Corning/Elmira)
Special
regulations
area
•
40 minutes (34 miles) from Big Flats
•
Rt. 13 North From Horseheads
•
Open all year – 5 trout limit (2 above 12”)
•
Brown Trout stocked from Lockwood to Alpine Junction
Cayuta
- Special Regulations Area
Begins: Route
223 bridge
Ends: Wyncoop
Creek Rd. bridge
• Open all year
• Artificials only
• May Harvest 2
fish > 12”
Please Catch &
Release
“Gamefish are too
valuable to be caught
only once.”
Lee Wulff
Conhocton
River
Local Trout Waters
(within 1 hour drive
from Corning/Elmira)
Special
regulations
•
45 mins (40 miles) from Big Flats
•
Cohocton parallels Route 415
•
Open all year – 5 trout limit (2 above 12”)
•
Brown Trout stocked between Bath and Cohocton
Genesee
River
Local Trout Waters
(within 1 hour drive
from Corning/Elmira)
Special
regulations
No Kill
•
1 hour 15 minutes (65 miles) from Big Flats
•
Open all year – 5 trout limit (2 above 12”)
•
Take Rt. 417 West from Addison to Wellsville
•
Turn left at first light in Wellsville (Route 19 South)
•
Fishing is from Wellsville south to PA border
Fall Creek
Catherine
Creek
Finger Lakes Tribs
Spring = Rainbows
Fall = Browns & Landlocked
Salmon
Talk with Joe Cambridge
Cayuga Inlet
If You are Younger than 15
Mill Street Pond
East Mill Street
Horseheads, NY 14845
April 1 – Oct 15
13-15 yr old Artificials Only
2 Trout Limit
Stocked by The Chemung
County Sportsman
Federation
stocking funded in part by FFF
TT5R
Check before You Drive
Check water levels on Genesee or Cohocton at:
water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
Resources
Public Fishing Access Maps at
www.dec.ny.gov
Genesee River Information
www.geocities.com/uppergenny/
Cohoction River Information
www.conhoctonriverflyshop.com
www.canandaigualaketu.org
A Few Hints
Cayuta
Fishes Esp Well through June
Early May – Hendrickson’s,
Caddis in Evening
Cohoction River
Fishes Well All Year - Except July/Aug
Holds Many Wild Trout (rare treat)
Fall Fishing for Big Browns
Genesee River
Fishes Well in Late Spring & Often Thru Summer
Many Holdover and Wild Trout
Good Sulfur Hatch (May/June)
Acknowledgement:
John Lively contributed photos, fly patterns, &
hatch info for this talk.
Southern Tier Hatches & Flies
Hatch
Quill Gordon
When
Mid-April
Time
Flies
3-6 PM
#12 Adams, #12 Blue dun
1-4 PM
#16-18 black snowshoe caddis,
#16-18 black EHC
Black Caddis
Late April – Early May
Hendrickson
Last week April second week May
1-4 PM
#12 Pink Snowshoe Usual, #14
Red Quill Parachute
Mid-to-late May
Afternoonevening
#18-26 black midges
9 AM -2 PM
#14 grizzly-yellow body dry;
#14-16 yellow stonefly nymph
Mid-May to Mid-June
Evening
#16 EHC or caddis emerger
(olive body)
Sulfur mayfly
Mid-to-end May
Afternoonevening
#14 sulfer dun, emerger
Black beetle
Mid-late June
Evening
#18 black foam beetle
#16-18 cream dun, emerger
Cream mayfly
Sept-October
Afternoonevening
BWOs
Sept-October
Afternoon
#16-22 BWO dun
Black midges
Small yellow
stoneflies
Tan caddis
Mid-May to mid-June
Southern Tier Favorite Flies
Hendrickson Emerger
(Snowshoe)
Hook:
Tail:
Body:
Wing:
#12 dry fly hook
Mallard, antron
Brown/pink dubbing
Dun snowshoe rabbit
NOTE: Apply floatant to wing only
Photo: John Lively
Southern Tier Favorite Flies
Black aquatic beetle
Hook:
Body:
Legs:
#18 dry fly hook
black foam over
peacock herl
black crystal flash
NOTE: There are dense hatches of
this bug in late June, in the
evening. You will see the naturals
clinging to your wading shoes and
waders during a hatch. Trout will
be making slashing rises. Body
should be the size and shape of a
ladybug.
Photo: Ray Grandner
Southern Tier Favorite Flies
No-wing yellow stonefly
Hook:
Tail:
Body:
Hackle:
Wing:
#14 dry fly hook
4-6 grizzly hackles
yellow dry fly dubbing
grizzly & dun mix (full)
none
NOTE: Use this when you see little yellow
stones hatching. Works dead-drift,
skittered, or sunk. Fish near shore.
Photo: John Lively
Southern Tier Favorite Flies
Red Quill Parachute
(Hendrickson)
Hook:
#14 dry fly hook
Tail:
Dun Microfibbets
Body:
2 stripped quills
Hackle: Dark dun
Wing post: Gray polypropylene
NOTE: One quill should be smaller
than the other, and colored dark
brown with marker. Wrap quills
together to make the body; it
should show alternating light-dark
segmentation
Photo: Ray Grandner