Fishing the Little "J"

The LJ has a good flow and It's been fishing well.
 
I've been doing well on #18 & 20 flashbacks, and globugs.

Indsguiz, this is a great time of the year to hit the central PA streams. If your flyfishing, everything drake mentioned will work. If your spin fishing, try fishing a single egg or a nightcrawler. Fished recently with a single egg/noodle rod and honestly had insane action. And obviously, there is some HUGE fish in those places mentioned, as well as some other area streams. Good luck and have fun!!!

That's definitley a beauty, there is alot more big WILD trout out there than what most fisherman will ever know! Congrats on your success.
 
I have caught some browns in the 28"+ range, but not 30", that is a whale.

Someone mentioned the section from tyrone to where the LJ crosses 453 is the best stretch. I gotta disagree. I'm on the LJ all the time, and I can't say any stretch is better than another. Actually I can say, the bellewood stretch is full of stockers, and the stretch just below where spruce dumps in has some of the SRC pelletheads. The rest of the creek is full of wild & fingerling stocked browns.
 
Indy, remind me just before you make the trip, and give you a good river report.

ruready,
     That's because there is a Regional Water treatment Facility just upstream from Ironsville, right across from Nealmont.  Beside that I think the entire area behind the feed mill is posted, isn't it?   I like the stretch below Birmingham myself.  Very difficult to get in to some of the spots and quite deep in some too.

..and lots of rattlesnakes.  Watch yer step !!

yeah Yough.   Ironville (where the J springs begin) is about 15 miles from Altoona.  Go 99 north, and take Tyrone exit .. route 453 south.  C&R section is 14.3 miles or something..

Gentlemen,
    You know it's funny but here we are discussing specific stretches and in some cases specific spots on the river and there's nobody yelling "Spot Burning"  or trying to convince us that there are no fish in that stretch.  Also, I might add, I have personally never seen a wannabee fishing the "J", unless it's with a guide.  Most of the folks who fish it with flies make me look like a beginner.
     I watched a guy fish the stretch right above Nealmont (the flats) one time and his casts looked like something out of "Joan Rivers Runs Through It"!  And it wasn't just for show he was really getting into the fish.

Zug,
    Don't crowd!  I Claim the stretch below the riding ring in Birmingham, at least down to the R.R. bridge.

OH  BTW the next year for the small hatch is 2010!

Hey Nothing says you can't toss a big black bug any other time.  Just put a little motion to it and hang on.  You ever get to the "Blue Hole"?  If you know where that is then you have really walked the "J".