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Fishing Reports
upper catt.
July 21, 2005
Posted by Jake
Email: freeagent411@aol.com
Current Report
Fished upper Cattaraugus
Creek on July 17, after the
big t-storms that hit the
area. Suprisingly, they were
at somewhat normal levels and
at a somewhat normal temp.
for this time of year. signs
of an early trico hatch were
everywhere, but nymphs were
the killer. 14-18 copper
johns were the pattern to
beat. Fished a rt 36 access,
and landed 8 fish with an
average size of 15: smallest
being a 12" rainbow and
biggest being a 19" brown.
Later tried the CAtt where
Elton creek flows into it,
and landed 4 nice browns in
45 mins. Highsticking pocket
water is the most productive
method. i did this with an
indicator about 16-18" over
my tunghead copper john. The
low flows allow the fly to
drift right under the
indicator, therefore letting
you really see what was going
on with your fly. This set
up worked so good, i was
pulling trout out of
seemingly barren water. A
recommended method for
boulder strewn streams. As
far as weather was concerned,
we had a gentle breeze
throughout the day, but by
6:00PM there was a misty
dizzle which felt good after
the warm day.
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