Beth and I found the same thing to be true recently as well (spookier than normal fish with low water in SNP, but still some decent action). I've never tried anything as large as you describe, but recently I've added parachute ants into the mix and they seem to catch just as well as the usual EHC I tend to always tie on. I should experiment more -- Maybe we'll be able to sneak out between the rain this weekend...
-- Fishing the tails of pools is hard, but I did take a big one out of a tail a few trips ago (cut me with its teeth). Usually the tail is spilling over with enough flow to make an upstream cast difficult without instant drag, and sometimes there isn't enough cover to sneak in there for an across or across/down cast. Though I've spooked enough of them to know they hang there ;).
Holy cow, fishing some of the tribs to the Savage taught us how clumsy and careless we were! Those were the most spooky brook trout I've ever seen --
Gene
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:15:49 PM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:15:49 PM UTC-4, Trent Jones wrote:
I know summertime generally has people out chasing bronzebacks, but I have been unable to cast a fly at a trout in a couple months and had a really bad jones for some Vermiculatedbacks. Given that it has been a cool summer I headed out to Shenandoah National Park for some brook trouting, figuring the water may be low but should be cool. Thermo read 63f at 2:00pm. I missed the first few strikes until I got my timing back. Ants, Beetles, and Hoppers all worked. The best fun of the day was when I put on a size 6 or 8 cartoon hopper... it was big and obnoxious, but the big fish took savage strikes at it. The water was low and the fish were spookier than normal, but the fishing was still good. LOTS of rain on the drive back, I would bet the large influx of cool water will have the northern park streams fishing well the next few days. Walk slow to pick off the big fish at the tail of the pool.
-Trent
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