Nov 5 and 6

It seems like the  board has slowed down a bit so I will give my details.  Went up Saturday and it seemed slow all around. I talked to a few folks and  a few were taken on beads and egg sacs.  A guy showed me a 12 lb brown in his cooler.  Said he got it up from the tressle.  I fished with my spin rod and egg sacs and got 1 hit in an hour, then realized my foot was cold and wet and went home to patch my boot.   Went up today and I saw many fish taken, some up to 15lb or so.  Most were taken on egg sacs.   I actually got 2 fish on my fly rod today, but landed neither, one was because a faulty knot and it was my bad.   Got my hits on a little stone fly with a bead pegged above.  I think they hit the bead because both times the bead was down by the hook and not pegged above.   I fished from Orwell brook head down to the first big bend past the tressle.   All fish I saw taken were on that bend. Good fishing till about 13:00 or so and then it slowed down.  Better day all around and nice weather to boot.    

....and if not enough fish aren't taken out of the system(while stockings remain the same)---there's potential for a bait crash and the resulting SMALLER fish.

Then there's the question of how much predation the browns do on the steel and salmon.
But mostly, Metal said it for me. Which store has the largest revenue, pays more taxes and adds more to the economy?  I'd guess Fat Nancy's.  5 minute photo sessions after a nice rocky landing and a dropping out of the net or 2 doesn't take a toll either? 
 
Charlie
 

ORIGINAL: Clint S

Got my hits on a little stone fly with a bead pegged above.  I think they hit the bead because both times the bead was down by the hook and not pegged above.

Nice report Clint..
I like reading reports like yours - post tour-on season when the #'s hooked/lined don't have any zero's behind them. Doesn't make me shake my head and say "yea-rigghhttt" as I read...

I'm curious about your fly/bead setup and why you use it. I've never pegged a bead above a bare hook when fishing up there, never mind above a fly. (I use beads for ice fishing now & then).

My understanding is that the fish hit the pegged bead, the bare hook gets them.
In my simple mind, the fly should do the same thing.

Were you slow on the hookset trigger (blame yourself) or do you thik the fly interfered with deep hookset?

later

   Gotta agree with Drake to some degree here. Hate any kinda bare hook thing- just doesnt set straight with me- to each his own- they use the rig cause it works so well I guess --so I went out and bought a buncha large egg flies. Figure if they are gonna hit a bare bead they oughta hit those fluffy eggie thingies too-hope hope hope.
   Maybe if the weather ever gets to some degree of civility round here I can get back up to the SR this year and use them.

Soooooo you got an issue with nail painting fella ????

Ok- Phred

many cry about the bare hook issue; but i will personnally say that most trout hooked with beeds are smacking them... hard too; clint: if your beed was pulled down than i would say that you for sure had that fish strike and not lined...

ORIGINAL: waDerboy

Salmo feel free to delete this if it is offensive since it was enough to get me banned from another site

I'm pretty sure salmo may b in a coma.

Do carp hit beads?

I know they love small O cheese and white glo bugs.

ORIGINAL: carphd

Went up the street to the "Bead it Shop" my wife couldn't drag me out. baught $5.00 worth.

and you probably purchased a lifetime supply, - vs- buying them in a fishing tackle shop.