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Tenkara on Yellow Creek

Anthony Naples — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:42:44 +0000

Prior to the trip two days ago it had been a few weeks since I was last on the water. Things have finally settled down weather-wise a little bit. I know rain is a good thing for the most part, but the rain has made spring fishing a bit difficult here in PA [...]

Daily Fly Fishing Poem #12: Elegy

Anthony Naples — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:15:15 +0000

A note of explanation: For anybody just checking in for the first time, I am in the middle of a project to write a fly fishing poem everyday, during the month of September. I just figured you might be wondering what is going on. After this little project is complete- we’ll probably return [...]

Trip Report: PA’s Spring Creek, Sept. 18-19, 2009

Anthony Naples — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:51:33 +0000

Spring Creek, Centre County, PA: September 18 & 19, 2009

Got a chance to fish my “Home Water” recently. I say Home Water in quotes, because although, I live 3-hrs away I consider Spring Creek to be just that. I know it better than any other stream and I find myself testing my skills [...]

Trip Report:Little Juniata River, Huntingdon County, PA – July 5, 2009

Anthony Naples — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:48:41 +0000

Well, it has taken me a little while to get this trip report posted. Sorry folks – but I have a good reason. My camera took a little swim in the Little Juniata. I guess I should call it my ex-camera. I let it dry out for several days – no [...]

Shark’s Caddis Larva

Anthony Naples — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:06:04 +0000

While crawling around the internet one occasionally comes across something interesting and even novel. When I saw this picture of Shark’s Caddis Larva, I thought to myself “Now that looks good!” I need to tie some of these. The pattern is deceptively simple yet it looks so realistic – Radoslav uses a body of twisted [...]

Trip Report: Yellow Creek, Bedford County PA

Anthony Naples — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:00:44 +0000

Fished on Friday May 1st, 2009 Well the weather report looked bad – possible rain in the morning, probably thunderstorms in the afternoon. So we went fishing anyway. Thankfully we didn’t let the weatherman dissuade us from our trip. He had it right about rain in the morning, but the afternoon turned out [...]

Walt’s Worm

Anthony Naples — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:45:52 +0000

Walt's Worm: An All-Purpose "nymph"

Walt’s Worm:

Hook: Standard Nymph Hook

Body: Blended Light Hare’s Ear dubbing, such as Hareline Hare’s Ear Color

Thread: Tan or Gray

Tying Notes: Make sure to use a dubbing that has a nice mix of underfur and guard hairs, to get that “buggy” look. I tie most of these heavily weighted. [...]

Classic Wetfly: Green and Partridge Soft Hackle

Anthony Naples — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:46:37 +0000

Green and Partridge Soft Hackle

Classic Wet Fly: Green and Partridge Soft Hackle

Hook: Standard Light Wire Dry Fly or Stout Wet Fly Hook, sizes 12 to 20 Abdomen: Green Floss Rib: Fine Copper Wire Thorax Hare’s Ear Dubbing Collar: Hungarian Partridge

Notes: Use light-wire standard dry-fly hooks for some and stout wet fly hooks for others. This will give you [...]

Henry’s Fork Caddis via Whiskey Creek Fly Fishing Blog

Anthony Naples — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:13:56 +0000

I was thinking about tying some Caddis dries for the finicky trout of Spring Creek, in Pennsylvania, and I remembered a post on Whiskey Creek Fly Fishing from a little while back. Whiskey Creek posted a great step-by-step for the Henry’s Fork Caddis.

The pictures that are included are just beautiful – maybe someday I’ll get [...]