"A POCONO PERDIGON DAY!", Nymphing the Brodhead Creek
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Ok guys, never fished the Brodhead up at this level. The flow was around 140cfs, the water was really moving and, to me, it kind of spread the fish out. My usual flies weren't cutting it, so since the flow was up and the water was fast, I chose to go with perdigon style flies, good choice! Wading was even more trickier than usual, so I had to be patient with every step. Slowly I'm learning when to use the perdigons to my advantage.
Very nice outing for your annual broadhead video. I have to get up there….drive by it many times on morning commute..couldn’t fish at my cabin west beach pine too low and warm and my mtn streams were barely a trickle …waiting for late September now. Again, very nice video and some interesting fish…
Hi Phil! Sorry for the late response. Oh yes, you gotta try the Brodhead, make it a whole day trip though, plenty of areas to explore but a little tough wading, need studs and a staff. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Scott. I love all your videos. Before Covid hit my wife and I would go to the Poconos every October. I fished the broad head in North Stroudsburg. I did ok. But would love to know where you were fishing. Mike from buffalo NY.
Hi Michael! Thank you very much for your support. The area is between Dansbury Park and up to the Moose Lodge, also good fishing from the 191 bridge down to the I-80 bridge and below. Google Map the area to more familiar. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
You smoked them out there, Scott!! Love how you are a perdigon convert. We are always accepting more to the club!
Ha! Just picking the right times to use them, for me. Yes, that high fast water was the right conditions for the perdigons to get down and dirty at their level. Your new Euro nymphing video was excellent, very valuable content in practice 👍🏻. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
that brush edge along 27:00 had me fired up! looks like a fun place to fish
Hi Dan! Amazing, no matter how big the water, many fish just love to hold on to those banks, and I mean RIGHT up against the bank. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Awesome day! If you don't mind me asking, where is the parking for that section of the Brodhead?
Thank you Robert, glad you enjoyed it. There’s many access points along the Brodhead, very good fishing at all. This spot you can park at Dansbury Park and walk up or park at Creekview Park and walk down. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wow a good day out there on the creek for sure! I haven’t made it up there yet this year! Just a small Nymph huh amazing 😉👍👍👍
Hi Ron! Yes a bigger beautiful stream, worth the trip, especially in the Spring and Fall. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Scott, how high was the water this day? I usually fish around 50-80CFS.
Hi buddy! So long ago I don’t remember. But I’ve fished it with success as low as 24cfs to 130cfs. Very tough to wade over 120. Thanks for watching and commenting.
One of your prettiest videos in a long time it was a great one. Thanks 😊
Thank you Doug! I’m very proud to say you’re really doing well on the streams this year. Putting it together nicely 👍🏻. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Another great day and video Scott!! Great fish and nice stream. Don’t get any better!! Thanks for sharing brother!!
Hi Brian! Glad you enjoyed it. Can’t believe those fish fed that well during a bright sunny day. Go figure! Appreciate you watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 yeah that was awesome fishing for a bright sunny day for sure!! Glad it worked out well and a a great trip!! Stay safe Scott. Look forward to the next video!!
Hey Scott any chance you can tell me what part of the broadhead this is in? Fish the Lackawanna up and down and am looking for some new waters
Hi Cole! This area is between Dansbury Park and the next baseball park upstream, very popular area. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice video as always Scott. Love your annual Broadhead video. I was going to go to that exact spot Saturday morning but got lazy and didn’t go. Looks like I should have. Decided I’m gonna give it a shot tomorrow morning as it’s only 30 min from my house. It’s truly crazy how much the stream changes. Last years flood changed it a lot. I also noticed the lackawaxen river changed a lot too from the flooding. Crazy the power water has.
Hi Sean! Good luck in the morning, think I saw the flow in the 70s, will help concentrate the fish a bit more. Amazing what Mother Nature can do, but really, some nice changes to the creek. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Scott - great video. Brodhead is where I caught my first trout. Love that place. Newish to the channel - what kinda nymphin you doing at the start in this video? Your stick looks up but maybe not high to me and there is slack (i think). This just kind of dead drift of nymphs? Seems to work in your videos - would love to know. Thanks again.
Hello Timothy! Very nice to hear from you. I bet a bunch of good memories from the Brodhead, I do! My nymphing is good old traditional American nymphing. To better understand it, please search for my video called, Nymphing Strategies Part 3, this will show my technique in detail. Then for my leader setup, please watch my previous video called My Leader Setup, here I explain my leader for nymphing and dry flies. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Great video! The Brodhead has some amazing history. I found your videos from the one you did on valley creek. I consider it my home Creek but man I suck there. I look forward to another video from there one day.
Hello brother! Sorry for the late response. Hopefully this Winter I’ll get down to Valley Creek again, if not , definitely early Spring. The Brodhead is a great stream, usually has a good number of fish year round yo have fun with. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Great video! The flood changed a lot of my go to runs but made some awesome new ones as well!
Hi Sean! Yes, I like the new layout, change is good sometimes. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Scott! 5th time was a charm with goldilocks,great indicator he got you a lot of fish.I have not fished the Brodhead since I moved to Pa 14 years ago,fished it a lot when I lived in NJ actually stayed on it for my honeymoon. Those perdigons have been serving you well lately,I am a big fan I carry a separate perdigon box with me. Maybe this year I will make it up there. As always thanks for the video and sharing your patterns and techniques.
Hi Dale! Wow, 14 years of not fishing the Brodhead after being familiar with it, yes, time to get familiar with it again. I have several perdigon boxes now too. I am learning when to use them in between my regular stuff. I like learning new things. I’m always excited to see what fly the fish got caught on. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Scott! Hope you're over your Covid Bought. My buddy went to the Brodhead last Monday and caught abought 5 or 6 rainbows and 1 nice Palomino! (His 1st) The fish were rising early on caddis and he got a few more on Olive Perdigons afterwards! I had to work Monday but am off tomorrow so I may give it a go. I would love to get a Palomino, my buddy said the fish all fight well there and he lost a couple of Bruisers! Anyway, will reach out later with an update. Be well!
Hi Dave! Sorry for the late response. Hope you had a fun day if you went already. I’m sure your buddy gave you the lowdown on where he fished, a lot of good water. Good luck! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice job as always buddy , Keep it up and God bless
Thank you Richard! Appreciate you watching and commenting. I definitely feel blessed and loved by Him.
Good Stuff Scott as usual, I few of my buddies have been fishing the BH a lot this year and as a New jersey guy, I'm spoiled. Not fishing NJ much these days as this is better then anything we have here. The fish are strong and healthy. Water temps on the BH might drive us to start hitting the Catskills and CT more.
Keep up the great videos and good fishing.
Hi Jim! Nice hearing from you. Glad you’re enjoying the channel. From my limited experience with the Brodhead, seems as long as we have decent rain and good flows, the Brodhead holds it’s temps really well. If it get low, under 100cfs, it still has good temps in the morning for several hours. Check the USGS gauge in Analomink. Hope you have a fun Summer wherever you choose. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You really like that spot, there's lots of great water on the Brodhead.
Hi Buddy! Yes, I love starting there, but I’ve fished all the parks upstream up to Anolomink and down below I80, and I’ve featured those areas too. Up at this higher level this day I chose this area because I was familiar with wading here. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Be nice of the state planted some trees along there.....some pretty water
Hi Russ! Well, that open area is a flood control basin, so when the Brodhead is flooded, it’s ripping through there tearing everything up and changes almost year to year in some sections. Outside of town, upstream and downstream there are many more trees and wooded areas. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Another great day on the broadhead as usual. They seem to stay on a lot better today. We haven't been there since the floods hasn't changed that much?
Hi Debbie! Oh no, it changed a lot, but I like some of the new runs, although maybe it’s different because I’m not used to fishing it at 140cfs. But yes, my landing percentage was really good today, you noticed that too👍🏻. Time to visit. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Scott this oine almost slipped by me . Have to get up to PA soon . Jersey trout fishing at a stand still . Hit the Flatbrook on tuesaday .. Super low in fact the pool i told you about was loaded with trout im mean stacked up in there at least 100 trout . Never made a cast to them . Didnt have the heart i just sat there watching them . Temps at least 70 . If we get some water we should meet there . Like i said stacked up.Great video on the BH hopefully come up a bit with the weekends forcast and try and hit it next week . Thanks for another great one
Hi Jeff! Sorry for the late response. Yes, keep me updated with the temps and flow. Still hoping to get out with you, even if we have to wait for Fall or afterwards. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 yes sir Jersey rivers are not going to recover anytime soon . Im itching for a Delaware trip soon . I'll reach out when i go and see where your at then . Visa vee the same if your heading up . Miles for smiles 😊
Scott, what a beautiful day you had! Curious what the flow was running that day, if you knew? I was up there fishing back in the middle of May when everything west was blown out, and while I did ok and it was fishable, it seemed a little faster then your current trip. I was constantly playing with my weighting to get down low. My memory isn’t what it used to be, but I think it was around 193cfs at Analomink? Always enjoy watching your trips! Thanks, Dave
Hello Dave! Yes, a beautiful day all around. The flow was between 130-140cfs. I liked it at that flow, usually I fish it under 100, which is also good. Boy, at 190 it must’ve been ripping! Plenty of fish left over to have fun with. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Nice job Scott! What is the closest access to the Brodhead coming from Philly?
Northeast extension to 80 east to Route 191 exit. Go straight across from the exit and you are close, Google Glen park.
@@nancykorpics6537 thanks Nancy!
You can check out the run by the baseball fields in Stroudsburg....a few decent runs
Nice looking water, and fish. One day, just need to break down a get my PA license.
Hi Mike! Omg! I don’t know how far away you are from PA, but yes, need to take a little mini vacation, even if it’s just a 3 or 7 day non-resident license. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
As usual. nice video Scott.
You’re funny John! Come on! Give me at least “AS USUAL, GREAT VIDEO…..AGAIN!!” Just kidding, ha! Really appreciate you watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 Sorry Scott, will do better next time. Not to familiar with the Brodhead. Could you give me your point of access? Much appreciated.
@@BIGJ3748 Sure, just Google Map East Stroudsburg,PA , there’s a series of parks and ball fields that run up along the entire length of the Brodhead, a lot of places you can fish from park to park, so there’s plenty of easy access with walking trails on one or both sides also.
Great video Scott Scott I have been meaning to ask you when you fish dry flies how much tippet do you use from the tippet ring of your cutthroat leader Thanks in advance and keep those videos coming
Hey Snook! My Cutthroat Furled Leader is 50”, off the tippet ring I have 5ft of 4x Flouro, then 3ft of 5x or 6x for my dry fly, this gives you an overall leader length of 12ft. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Scott, you said you change weights(split shots) as needed how do you change them? cut the line slip them off and retie? Thanks hope to see you out on the stream one day.
Hi George! I use Dinsmore Non-Toxic Egg Shots, they have a dimple in the middle of them to help remove them, I use my teeth (which I don’t recommend) but you can use your fingernails or some forceps have a needle pin in the middle of their jaws just for that purpose. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Scott! Love those Palominos! I still need to get one, I don't think my state Stocks them! Anyway, great video on perdigons! Keep em coming Buddy!
Hi Dave! Come on over to PA, plenty here in the Spring, very surprised I saw that many now in June! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 We are planning a trip to the Broadhead! Do you think Weekends are packed there?
@@uni_shadow164 Don’t know, never went there on a weekend, but bets are good that it’s more crowded than weekdays.
Hi scott, mike here from whitehall, pa. New to your channel, was told by a friend you do alot of explaining of tactical setups for high stick nymphing. When fishing 2 or 3 flys with sighter material, which way do you find is best to tie off your flies? Currently i use a dropshot off the bottom fly with splitshot to adjust for water flow an depth. It seems you not use that setup at all. Also do you tie the upper fly on a tag or right to the line? An how do you come off that fly to the next? Thank you for considering a reply
Hi buddy! Well, I do a form of tight lining but with a traditional fly line and leader setup. My tandem rig is an in-line rig, most times I tie off the eyes but sometimes I’ll tie off the bend of the hooks, I have the flies 16-18” apart and I build it top fly the heaviest and lightest fly on the bottom and my splitshot I place above my top fly. Lately I’ve been using 5x Flouro for my tandem rig but usually I use 4x Flouro. Please watch my video from a couple weeks ago called My Leader Setup, I show it there in detail using the same leader for dry fly fishing and nymphing. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 thank thank you scott for the reply👍we should get together an fish the pohopoco or martins sometime, they are coldwater spring fed creeks. Would enjoy meeting you an hittn the water. If yur interested lets figure it out🤠
Scott, first off great fishing today. My name is Chip and i live in clinton county pa, I been following your videos for awhile now this year and I been trying to mimic what you do. Unfortunately I don't know what I'm doing wrong because I'm only 2 to 3 years into fly fishing and been trying to teach myself. Lol not going to well but still love going out on the creek. One question though do you sell your flies?
Hello Chip! Very nice to meet you. I’m sorry, I don’t sell my flies. But some advice: one day with the “right” guide can pay dividends and clarify a lot of things for you. But…. You have to have the RIGHT guide for YOU and the type of fly fishing you want to do. I consider myself well rounded, dry flies , nymphs, attractors, soft hackles or wet flies, streamers, little water and big water, perdigons, traditional fly line, and so on. Please email me when you get at chance so I can go into more detail. My email address is: scottmxdad@yahoo.com.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
What hook do you use for the perdigons? Thanks
Hi Len! Lately I’ve been using a Tiemco 102Y size 16 with a micro barb, but I also use many different competition hooks with a good up turned point. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 thanks Scott..thought they were jig hooks
@@lennavitsky4054 Yes, some are.
Isn't it bad luck to catch a palomino? Just like shooting an albino deer. Bad luck!!! Great video again. You fishin fool you.
Ha! Hi George! I don’t know, never heard that one. If that’s a bad luck day, look out for the good luck day, wow! Appreciate you watching and commenting.
I grew up in E. Stroudsburg but I didn’t start fly fishing until I moved south. Does the trout fishing on the Brodhead continue throughout the summer or does it get too warm?
Hi Brian! Well, as long as the water levels are good , the Brodhead seems to hold it’s temp pretty good. Thankfully the USGS gauge in Analomink has temperature on it. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
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@@pawoodsnwater7551 Lack of water around me,need rain really bad.Everything's low except for the lakes,and river.
@@miken9166 I hear ya brother! Look for a tailwater or a spring creek.