Tailwaters

Headed up to the Tailwaters after I drop the boy off at Day Care..
Going to try some wading, got a hot tip from one of those tight lipped locals and need a bunch of casting practice with the 6w any way...
You see a grey Ranger pickup truck with a JD plate on the front stop by and say hi...
Hopefully pics to follow...

Nice!!! 

2100 - WOULD CATCH ME WADING , 16-17 00 IS MY LIMIT , 2100 IS ROLLING BINGS BE CAREFULL

Saweet

I dont live close to the Allegheny but have been fishing those tailwaters a good long time. Those fingerlings do provide good food. i caught a hefty walleye once with a few in his stomach

jeez, guys.  I've waded at 15,000 in the night.  Its all where you go.

around 2000-2500, walk from the hemlock side.  much easier.

this board def. brings out the bs in all of us ,. waded in 15,000 ? where at below ridgway ? certainly not from dixon island to the ****

I would think with them just putting the fingerlings in last week, they are still in hatchery mode. Safety in numbers.

It is good to see some posts about the tailwaters. i never had too much experience near dixon island and now that the kids are raised i will be spending
more time expanding where i fish. No damage from me i throw everything back. I am glad to see you can wade to the island during lower water releases
I am gearing up for the fall my favorite time.

ORIGINAL: anadromous

I caught a few predators there a few weeks ago....I must have caught a dozen dinkbows and then I took off the caddis larva and PT and got medieval on them. 2x tippet and a 4inch white bunny leech with a red collar...two casts later a 21 inch bow. Many large fish that day...one of those big fish came above while wading knee deep in the NO WADE zone...big brown cost me 75 beans.GO BIG or GO HOME when the juvenille delinquents are on the feed..

ORIGINAL: bingsbaits

At 15,000 you could wade the parking lot..

It dropped as I was fishing today from 2180 down to 1600.

At 2180 you didn't go sack deep, too strong....Had to nestle your feet in the rocks for a base....

Today it was better and could go waist deep and cover the whole river at the island....

Why would they dump that many fish in one spot ??

There has to be some Uber predators there some where feeding on those smolts.....

yikes, dennis.  just out of curiosity how far up from the wading signs were you? 

I've been told that occasionally the cops can be downright anal.  still even an inch of water can make the difference between effectively fishing the river and lodging expensive rapallas into the shoreline rock in certain spots.  I've got this fear that someday some smart aleck cop is going to give me the big fine because the water is cresting over the rock I'm standing on.

Its sometimes keeps me below the wading signs. though that is alot easier to do on the 59 side than the hemlock.
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I can vouch for one thing that dennis says.  when these little trout are everywhere you HAVE to throw something big enough to deter the little fish..

I fished the tailwaters this morning. Not much luck though. I lost a nice fish farther downstream than I've fished before. Couldn't see what it was. Probably 18 inches or so. Not much else going on. Caught four dinky rainbows on lures and a sucker and chub on crawlers. I fished for about eight hours. I feel like a super villain from a movie "I'll get you next time Kinzua!".

i like to whif big musky plugs on the hatchery side never caught one but i did miss a monster a long time ago

Bings is as talented with a camera as much as he is with a rod ! Nice creative pictures Bings , Very much appreciated ! ! !

I plan on doing some fishing this weekend below kinzua all the way down to warren. I am going to try fly fishing for the first time and I don't know how well its going to go. I just wanted to know if I could get some pointers on what flies to use. Wet? Dry? I don't know. Any advice would help a lot. Thanks.

Andy, Please keep in mind that there river is filled to the brim with 7" trout.

now if you like to catch 7" trout, I'm sure that they would be cooperative with many different patterns.  personally, a think a small generic nymph, wouldn't go more than a few feet before you had a fish.  but if you are trying to catch a big fish, you ought to try to find something that looks MORE like a fingerling than something a fingerling would eat.

If I were to fly fish it, I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 4 muddler minnow and I'll bet a big marabou streamer in on 1/0 hook is closer to what most people throw.

keep in mind that even with a lure as big as 5" still we catch fingerlings (and that after dark, as well).

also I would go for the big tackle, 6-7 weight fly outfit. to work the river thoroughly you're going to need some pretty far casts with a heavy fly.

I'm sure this would seem a little better coming from an active fly fishermen.  but its at least some beginning information, if dixon island fly fishermen don't see your thread.