Oil Creek Outing ~ Sunday, May 6th

We had a good turnout today.  Here is picture of most of those that fished today.  Missing is Dan P., Dave O. and a few others. 
 


Lots of good food and excellent company.



Everybody caught trout today,some caught many fish to say the least.....right Dano, Loopy, Al, DaveO., and a few others.  The morning was especially productive on wets and nymphs.  I took a stream temperature of 46 degrees at 9:30 AM and it was 60 degrees at 3:00 PM.  So.....did the late day hatch ever happen on the top water?  We left at 5:00, anybody get any on dries after that?







 


 
Thanks for the Oil Creek Outing hat, eggsac!
Let's do it again next year!

ORIGINAL: Mikastorm




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ORIGINAL: Mikastorm

Egg and Mrs. Egg, thanks for the hat and all the cooking you did. 

Mikastorm rocks poppers!!!  Just don't tell my wife how much bacon I ate.

I had a blast.  I was really nervous about dry-fly fishing with some of FishErie's best, being that it was my first time.  I got skunked in the a.m., but after some great advice, a bit of ribbing, some of the best food I've ever had at a picinic, and the hardest-to-give-away bamboo rod one could imagine, I spanked a few Oil Creek trout.  My first trout on a dry was a pretty little rainbow landed shortly after getting the waders wet again, on a store-bought parachute.  That fly was quickly taken away by a large brown 2 casts later.  I caught a nice little brown a while later on a store-bought BWO.  Then it happened!   Amid a swarm of caddis flies, I caught a brown on one of MY caddis ties.  Woo Hoo!!!  It can be done folks.  Thanks Indsguiz for inspiring me to tie that pattern.(red with green butt)

I will do anything in my power to make a return visit not only for next year's event, but any other time I can steal away to fish a great stream.  Thanks everyone!


ps- Now, Chris, if you decide that the bamboo is just too delicate for your tastes, you know who to call...

Sounds like a great time was had by all.  Sorry to have missed the fun.  Maybe next year.  Who won the bamboo rod?

ORIGINAL: Bughawk

Sounds like a great time was had by all.  Sorry to have missed the fun.  Maybe next year.  Who won the bamboo rod?

Bug,

You missed the best outing we have had so far bar none. Weather, eats and fishing was world class.Chrisrowboat won the pole.

T.T.,
    Just because I'm insanely curious;  why was the rod hard to give away?  Please don't tell me the guys were afraid of breaking it.  I would have been stoked if I could have seen some pix of somebody actually catching a fish on it.  Chrisrowboat:  The rod was built to fish with!  If it has an accident>...>...>...>  You know somebody who fixes them.  Also, thank Mikastorm.  He supplied many of the parts that went in to that rod.   Chris, as an aside.  If it breaks under normal use I'll try to repair it for free.  Car doors, feet, steelhead, and finned creatures over about 2 pounds, do Not construe normal use.  But then again, what beter way for a FISHING ROD to "go out" than by fishing/

T.T.,
    Nice to know I was missed.  (Maybe your scopes are off)  Next time I'll supply the hat and the #'s.  I really didn't want to give away what I was sending up so I hope it was a suprise.  That thread on the wraps was so fine..... I'll bet that for the little bit I got on the wraps I threw away 10times more.  Believe me that rod was a labor of love, or compulsiveness.  I don't think I'll ever do another one with those wraps.(at least not till I get my medication refilled)  The wraps (and broken threads) took over 15 hours.  Now if I just knew what I was doing I'll bet I could cut that time in half.  Of all the things I do on a rod the most frustrating is to get right to the end of a wrap, be tying it off and have the wrap thread break.  Drop me a line.

It's funny seeing how many of those wading belts have that southern arc.

T.T., like I said before we left, you one funny guy. Jack, I actually never got a chance to see the rod. I was anxious to get back in the water. (literally)Splash! They should have called that slippery rock. I will have spiked shoes next time. 15 of us trying to guess a # between 1-100 sure took us a while. I was busy cooking those poppers and could not remember what # was said! All in all Jack, you better stay healthy for the fall one!

Jack,
 
Beautifully rod and yes it will be fished. My only problem with winning it was the scolding I received when I got home LATE. I had to leave early because of plans.
I lawn casted yesterday and it casts real nice. Going out after this post to practice with it in my back yard. I hope to fish it Sunday. Thank you so much for your hard work. I've been thinking grass restoration for the past few months after seeing the rod at Last months Steelhead Association meeting(Dave brought it in to show off).
 
T.T.
I did not catch a fish yesterday:p, only fished for @ hour :(. The smell of food won out.
 
All,
Nice catching up with old friends,telling stories, and getting to enjoy the nice day fishing and eating with old and new. We should have these things more often.
Chris

Gregg, you were fishing, it was after we ate. I was there and didn,t see the rod neither. Busy cooking the rest of the poppers.

Bug, Pappy & Indsguiz, Wish you guys could have been there. Hopefully, next year.
Egg Sac and Mary, Hats off to both of you.
Elephnthead, It does works. Thanks.
Indsguiz , A big thanks goes out to Indsguiz for donating the prize of the day, an 8 ½ ft. bamboo rod that he re-did.
Excellent work there, Jack. The plan was for nobody to win it and I take it home by default.
Chris won it and we lined it up with a 5wt. line and ready to fish, but he had to head home.
 
I don’t know who ate better that day, the fish or us guys. What a spread.
And, it was absolutely the best fishing day we ever had for our yearly May outing.
Lots of fish, lots of bugs.
What a pleasure to fish-n-chat with y’all.

ORIGINAL: beerman

So.....did the late day hatch ever happen on the top water?  We left at 5:00, anybody get any on dries after that?

Greg, the grannoms hit the water in massive waves later that evening.
More fish rising upstream than down.

In this pic, all those tiny light spots around him are grannom caddis. We had to de-bug TT after he came out of the creek.



Sorry you missed the drawing. My falut.