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Hi Sam! Yessir, Penns Creek brownies and the stream and scenery are just awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hello Ed and thank you very much! Ok, well, the 10ft/4wts I’m referring to are not nymph action rods but rather a fast action rod. And mid price is relative to the the buyer, so since high end rods are $850-1k, mid price is probably around $400-600. I’m not too familiar with ALL rod manufacturers but some good reputable ones are Diamondback, or Orvis Recon or Temple Fork Outfitters or Scott or Sage. I’m sure there are many others, but you’ll have to do that research, just make sure it’s an all around fast action rod, Nymphing action rods are not good for dry fly fishing. One relatively inexpensive rod I casted at the NJ Fly Fishing show was the Moonlit Umbra in a 10/5, it casted beautifully and only $170 from Precision Fly Shop. Now I don’t know if they make a 10/4, but if they do, I’d seriously consider that one. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy shopping 👍🏻.

Thank you Dave! Yes, considering. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Well, this section of Penns is not stocked, not to say some stocked fish don’t migrate in and out of this middle section. But sad to hear you can’t find any enjoyment in stocked fish, it’s probably very very rare that a fly fisherman will keep a fish to actually eat it, but there’s still plenty there to challenge the fisherman plus enjoy the excitement of the fight and the catch, no harm to you medically to just practice good catch and release. Many guys just don’t have access to wild trout, so most times you just gotta try to enjoy what you have available to you. The sport and challenge of fly fishing and learning about the bugs and fly tying is what most guys focus on rather than the fish’s tablefare. I truly hope this is something you can appreciate more in the future. Tight Lines!

Cory! Brother! Very sorry I missed you up at the NJ show. It’s funny how I wasn’t even going to post this video, go figure, I’m still learning, thankfully it’s not my source of income, ha! Hope you’re doing well. Looking forward to your upcoming videos 👍🏻.

Hello Jude! It would be an honored to speak to your school club. With that said, depending on where you’re located, date and time, need to be discussed. My email is scottmxdad@yahoo.com, please reach out. Thank you!

@@pawoodsnwater7551Thanks so much, Scott!

Hey George! Dang! I hate to admit it, but yes, age is catching up on me. I swear I’m cold even in the Summer, maybe I’m a little grumpier too. 😡. But seriously, I’m also glad I posted it. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Snook! I’m so happy you enjoy the video. I’ll keep you in mind when I think I’m getting a little lazy, maybe give me the motivation to crank one out for you 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting and all your support.

Hey Michael! Well, I’ll try my best. Actually in this video I said this is my 9th year, but I can’t count 😅, it’s really my 10th year! Stay tune and thanks for all your support.

Thank you! Absolutely, if it helps, my email address is: scottmxdad@yahoo.com

Thank you very much brother! Glad you’re enjoying the videos. I’ll keep trying my best. Stay tune!

Hi Todd! You’re welcome and my pleasure. Sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate, thankfully the fish did. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Yes they were, Penns was good to us. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Well well Frank, when you put it that way, guess I gotta lot more work to get done. I better get busy! But seriously, hopefully some of your suggestions I should consider. Stay tune, you never know! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Ha! You were right! Thankfully I didn’t delete the clips, and the rest is history. Here’s to many more future videos together 🍷. Thank you my good friend.

Hi Jerome! I did not know you not in PA anymore. I sincerely hope you can get back here to fish some of your favorite streams. Happy the videos help you reminisce. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you brother! A super deep hole with great flow and biomass distribution, but also with tough conflicting currents to get good drifts through, great holding water. I’m sure it’s a honey hole year round. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hello Joanne! Thank you so much for noticing that. Sometimes I struggle trying to get the best angle for my camera. Usually where I gain angling it one way, I lose the other way. Happy I got it right this time👍🏻. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Jeff! This weekend should be good, especially with the warm rain coming in tomorrow. Good luck, hope you have a great day and get some good content. Tight Lines!

Hi Scott! Did take us a while to thaw out 🥶. Overall, not a bad day 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hello Michael! Yes, missed you, there’s always next year. Maybe we’ll bump into each other on the water in ‘25. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 Yep next year. I typically skip a year to keep it interesting. Bumping into you on the water would make my year.

Hey hey Jeff! Actually, I’ve been out four other times this January with four big goose egg results, but trust me, I’m trying! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@ fishing when it’s as cold as it was all of January is no fun. Not for me anymore. Used to be tho

Hi Mike! Awesome it is! I was shocked seeing risers that day, I did try for them on top, but no luck. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Noooo😅

Hi John! That must’ve been very funny, fighting for Scott’s Big Ginger Nymphs, ha! I welcome the warmer days too! Sorry I missed you guys. Hopefully bump into you both in 2025.

Erik! Yeeeeessss! 😂

Hi Keith! I hear ya brother! I have tried several other times in this freeze, but not good results. May try tomorrow in the rain, but warmer temps👍🏻. Think positive! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hey Big J! For sure, put it on your short bucket list, go for a couple days, you’ll have a blast! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks Doug for being one of my super fans! Appreciate all your support 👍🏻.

@@vrich3733 You’re welcome brother and my pleasure! I hear ya’! Gotta shake the cabin fever off, time to wet a line! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi John! I getcha, any time on Penns is a good time. We did do a lot of walking but in great company. Thankfully a good number of fish were cooperative. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

I agree brother! Dave is a fan favorite! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Haha! I threw ya a curve ball! Keep those notifications on! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Thank you for posting your awesome video. We look forward to them. What is your leader setup? What kind of line are you using?

@ Hi Mirna! Really, I’ve kept my leader setup pretty much the same over the past ten years. I use a standard weight forward floating line matched to the rod, then I use the 50” Cutthroat Furled Shorty leader for my butt section, then 5ft of 4x or 5x Flouro , depending on the creek and fish size, then my tandem rig, if I’m dry fly fishing I add another 3ft of 5x or 6x Flouro then my dry fly. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 thank you Scott. Which brand of fluorocarbon tippet is your favorite? Do you ever use a sighter on your leader?

@@mirnadavis3513 For 3x-5x tippet I use Seaguar Red Label in 4-8lb test. For 6x-8x I like Cortland Premium Flouro. No I don’t use sighter material in my leader, you can, nothing wrong using it, I just don’t find it necessary.

Ha! Lunch break with PA WOODS N WATER, has a nice ring to it👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you Bill! This recent super cold front has been giving me cabin fever, gotta wet a line soon. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hmmm, I’ve never heard of Ballards, I’ll look them up. Thanks

@@pawoodsnwater7551 You search Website on google Ballard's Resort

Hi Larry and thank you very much! Here’s the link to the Amazon account I bought the net from: Dovesun Fishing Net Replacement, color: Black, size: 12.6” diam., 11.8” depth, 39.3” circumference. I used the same thread from the old net , so be careful taking it off, and I did have to add about 3 more inches of a similar thread to finish it up. To start, I put the new net around the frame with twisty ties, then start restitching the new net down at one side of the handle, go around the frame and finish on the other side of the handle. Hope this helps, good luck 👍🏻.

Hi Glen! The cream Antron in a bag is available at most fly shops, not a hard one to get, but the ginger raccoon I’ve seriously had for at least 35 years, but any natural cream dubbing will do, like hares ear or possum or SLF. J Stockard and Feather Craft have a pretty wide selection, as does Avid Max thru Amazon, check those three first. Hope this helps 👍🏻.

Hello Larry! Thank you very much! I got the replacement net off Amazon, this should be the link for the net , size and color I purchased, m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash//cxfxW9mXeoKT4Ys.svg If the link doesn’t work, I purchased it from Amazon, the company was Dovesun Rubber Fish net replacement, black color, size: 12.6” diam. , 11.8” depth, 39.3” circumference, price $12.99 Hope this helps, I used the same thread that I unstitched from the old net, so be careful taking it off not to ruin that thread, I did also have to add about 3” of a similar thread to the end because I guess I didn’t stitch it or tye it into the frame the same exact way as I took it off. Also, I started by putting the net on around the frame with twisty ties, then started the thread at one side near the handle and kept stitching it around the frame back down to the other side of the handle, then took the twisty ties off after it was finished. Good luck 👍🏻.

Lively Legz!! Hey guys! Using your Legz on Scott’s Big Ginger Nymph, love them! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi buddy! Yes, I believe so, that stream has a great population of wild brownies, and big ones too! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Dale! Thank you very much! Yes, I’m going on Friday. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

I’ll miss you,I’m going on Saturday.

Hi Tommy! From my fly line I use the 50” Cutthroat Furled Shorty Leader for my butt section then 5ft of 4x Flouro, then my tandem rig. Check out my video from the summer of ‘23 called My Leader Setup, I go into detail going from nymphing to dries with my leader. For the J, I do have a lot of success with this rig, also an olive perdigon , blue perdigon, soft hackles in season and midge pupae in the winter and little black Stonefly patterns, nymphs and dries. Hope this helps.

In addition, what lenght leader are you using in the video? And the tippet is appropriate 5 ft?

Hello Tommy! Thank you very much, and yep, tye a few up for the Delaware and give them a fair shot. As far as my leader, first I only use a standard weight forward floating line matched to the rod, then I use the 50” Cutthroat Furled Shorty leader just as my butt section, then I run 5ft of 4x Flouro, then the tandem rig. Hope this helps. If you’d like, check out my video from the summer of ‘23 called, My Leader Setup, in there, I go into a very detailed explanation of my leader, going from nymphing then going over to dries. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@ I’ve got the Cuttthroat leader already so I’m excited to give this a shot. Definitely want to get this setup before the West Branch trip.

Hi George! This video I started out with the Fl. Sunburst Orange color, then after that one fell apart, I switched over to the Fl. Cheese color. I think , this day, the orange worked better. Thanks again.

Hi Dave! Most fly shops sell common midge patterns and some may sell some of their local patterns. I tye my own, but a google search for midge pupas for sale or top secret midge pattern Check these websites or call the shops for specifics, TCO, Tactical Fly Fishing, Feather Craft Fly Fishing, Precision Fly Shop, also a lot of Western fly shops carry good local patterns. Hope this helps.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 thx buddy first time fly fishing when ever I go,,,,Im have all rods 10 ft Nymphs and Special streamer rod....9-5

Hi Seth! On all my outfits I run a standard weight forward floating line matched to the rod weight, then I use the 50” Cutthroat Furled Shorty Leader just for my butt section then 5ft of 4x Flouro, then the tandem rig. I have a couple older videos that go into my leader and technique more in detail, one in the summer of’23 is called, My Leader Setup, then look up Nymphing Strategies Part 3, then watch the first ten minutes of Nymphing a Snowy Penns Creek. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hello Michael and Happy New Year to you too. It is very surprising how I’m able to detect hits or strikes just focusing on my leader or line. Honestly, guys that I show my technique to in person are able to pick up the signs also in a relatively short time. Very freeing not relying on indicators or sighters anymore. Here’s to a safe and fun 2025 🥂.

Hi Phil! Happy New Year! Really!? My buddy Ryan was there on Sunday, flow was 122cfs, fished around the 222 bridges for 2.5 hours, not a single bite. Guess there’s still some hungry fish in there, ha! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Usual other spots were producing! Except 222 bridge 😅Nice size rainbows. Happy New Year!

Haha! There’s the answer to your other comment about your Tully day, good deal 👍🏻. Glad it’s working for you. Appreciate the feedback.

Ha! Doug, a lot of the “predictable” hatches are up closer to Deposit, from like Dream Catchers on upstream, especially in the summer, you can almost set your watch to them, Sulphurs, BWOs, and caddis are mostly in the evenings but some during the day, other hatches are common just not predictable. From Hale Eddy downstream the hatches are there just not predictable because the water is less stable from there down, the first couple miles below the reservoir the water is very stable. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hi George! Yes, love my Regal vise with the midge jaws. Yes the size 12-4XL hook gor the Big Ginger or Brown nymph with the bigger Med size Lively Legz and the size 12-3xl hook TMC200R hook with the small size Lively Legz. The Iso nymph is considerably smaller than a stonefly nymph. Glad you’re finding success with them. 👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.