Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Piney Branch - heaven on earth - report for Bruce

Hi Bruce!  Good to hear from you.  We actually just make a day-trip believe it or not, but we like the Mathew's campground.  I'd glad you mentioned the gypsy moth thing.  I haven't lived in this area for too long, but I enjoy reading about the SNP and its history.  I googled that to see what they did, and how much of the park was affected, etc.  I like reading things like that.  

I'm sure an Adams parachute would do just as well as what we use!  A lot of folks like that fly out here, in a variety of sizes.  When we were fishing out in RMNP everyone was into that "chubby chernobyl", which is larger than the terrestrial beetle we use, but also really effective.  

If someone greets me in the afterlife at a small stream and hands me a box of parachutes and says "this is what you get", I'd be okay with it ;).  

Gene

On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 6:52:57 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

Great Pics.  I am glad you made it.  I love that stream .

Bruce Mathews 703.772.7167

On Monday, October 12, 2015 4:23 PM, TurbineBlade <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Bruce -- We finally took your advice (I gave you my word!) and tried this one for the first time.  What a wonderful SNP stream!  We fished the entire 4-day weekend in the SNP and both thoroughly stink of fish slime.  I think the Piney tallied 5 total streams, but was the only new one.  

We thought Piney would be a bit smaller than it actually was, not that small is bad. It is full of plunge pools and actually holds some larger brookies than we imagined....especially further down from the first trail crossing. 

We hiked in 1.8 miles or so and busted our way to the stream just past the phone pole, right-of-way on piney branch trail.  You can hear the stream most of the way after the first crossing.  We could have gone a bit further, but we've hiked/fishing enough in the SNP to know how long it takes to hike back up to skyline (when you're tired and hungry), and knew we'd need to get ready for the beer tie this evening.  

Awesome, awesome stream.  We loved it.  Will go back.  

It's another one that "Rapidan fans" will like.  Unlike the Rap, you seem to get more fish in the good spots and they're a bit more naive.  Come to think of it, the Rap has probably taught me more about fishing than anywhere else.  

Anyway, I hate long reports.  It's like listening to someone talk about their crappy garage band and you keep nodding and wondering if you could fit through the bathroom window to escape.  (I played in more than one crappy garage band, so no offense meant).  

Saw one pair of hikers -- that's it.  No bears, surprisingly.  I don't think many SNP streams with a 1.5 mile or more uphill climb back to Skyline see many American fly fishermen.  

Gene 

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