Big fast water, fish feeding and bug activity all day. Going underneath proved way more effective than trying to force the issue on top. Today, the swing and the hang part of the drift were deadly. Let your rig go through the whole length of your drift, I bet you'd be surprised the amount of hits you get towards the end of your drift, especially when the bugs are active. See how many eels you see swim by me in the video. (Hint: 3)
You are, without a doubt, one of the fish-catching-est people I’ve ever seen. Another great video, dude. I made it to the Tully last week for the first time this year traveling between VA and NJ, and had a super fun time. Hooked (and ultimately lost) one of the biggest fish I ever have in 30 years of fishing that stream. It was a big brownie, 20’ plus, and broke me off before I could land him. Nice knowing those genes are being spread in the Tully! - Chris
Hi Chris! That is awesome! For a Southeastern PA trout stream, it sure is fun! Glad to hear you had a good time. Thank you for your kind words. Would be nice to bump into you one day. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Hey buddy! It don’t mean a thing if it don’t have that swing.😀 Perhaps it is just that time of the year, but i just couldn’t get over the sheer quality of the rainbows in the creek. No doubt that the must’ve put up a decent fight after seeing just how chunky😮 and healthy they looked. You and Ryan both did an incredible job and hope that you guys, including everyone who fallows the channel had an amazing Mother’s Day’s weekend as we all pay tribute and homage to theses amazing women who brought each and everyone of us into this world. God Bless you all until the next one.💙✝️
Mr. Mike! Good morning! Thank you brother, it is always fun up there, just gotta hit it on a good flow release day. Excellent reminder to show your mothers some love everyday, especially today. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
You're at the walking bridge. I fish just down from there. What a great place for fishing. Just remember that if the water starts rising to get off the river. Wallenpaupak lake is generating electricity and the water levels become dangerous. There is so much to eat for the trout that they look like little footballs. The Lackawaxen runs into the Delaware and often the trout in the Delaware will run the Lackawaxen. At 8:00 is exactly where I fish when I get to the river. I wish I could have been there over the weekend. Likely would have met y ou
Hi Bob! Sounds like you know that water very well and you’re correct, very dangerous when the release comes downstream, I’ve experienced it only once, you got like 30 seconds to a minute to get out. Sure has some great fishing otherwise. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I grew up fishing the Lackawaxen from the early 1970's till 1996. Between that and the Beaver Kill it's where I learned to fly fish. Where you were at the swinging bridge was always hit or miss for me. Just seemed the water was too slow though that area that the fish had ample time to see the fly was fake. LOL Sometimes the hatches would be so thick the water would be covered like a blanket and with that much natural bait on the water we would just go home. Great video it brought back a lot of good childhood memories!!
Hi Gary! That’s awesome, your memories and reminiscing, glad you enjoyed it. We had a great day , just wish it wasn’t so windy, probably would’ve helped the top water action, but the nymphing was fabulous. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
one of my favorite streams to float. I agree Scott they are like Delaware River rainbows...... Enjoy my friend
Hi Davey! Love the rainbows there! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Scoot thanks for the good video once again I look forward to your videos every Sunday Cant wait for your central Pa one Those rainbows had some big shoulders Stay safe
Hi Snook! I’m very sorry, no central PA video, was very tough each day, caught some very nice fish but most were from 7:30-9pm overcast or rainy, just made it difficult to film. Nymphing during the day was very slow. Next time. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Perfect way to start the day. Another great video as always thanks for sharing and I will see you in a little bit. 🙌
Thank you Todd! We’re about to get into some “real” fly fishing adventures up on the Delaware. Let’s go bro!
Nice Video Scott, thanks for sharing and would love to fish that river. Been doing well here in Gatlinburg TN for Smallies and Big Rainbows! I will share and looking forward to the West branch footage! Enjoy your vacation!
Thank you very much Dave! Glad you’re having fun down there. The Delaware video will be very good, trust me 😉. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
My Uncle, Art Matthews, was a member at the Creamton Fishing club on the Lackawaxen in the 1970’s. He even had a pool named after him, Artie’s Corner. He would bring trout to our house for us and that was my first experience as a youngster with trout. Thanks for the memories.
That’s an awesome story and a history you have with the Lackawaxen. Thank you for sharing. Glad you enjoyed the video. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Hey Scott. Looks like you had a great day. Some chunky rainbows!
Hey Sung! Yessir, a fun day but gotta hit it again for better dry fly fishing. I’ll be back! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Scott not to have the eel steal the show as it was a spectacular days fishing as usual . The blue perdy is one of my favorite searching flies usually produces for me . On another note i saw a lamprey and a about a 20 inch rainbow battling it out on the WB over were the Delaware Liver Clubs trailer park is before Caucci and his cronies kicked us out of the camp ground that was there . The eel had a good lock on the bow . Never seen one since and hope i never see again there creapy as heck . Thanks for another great one
Hi Jeff! Wow, yes, a creepy show, but kind of cool too to witness. I should send you a pic of that Hendrickson soft hackle sometime, I’ve had great success with it over the years, my own pattern too. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 yes please id love to see it
Great video Scott, very healthy fish population! The Poconos stream is actually beautiful from what I can see. Nothing like the bending the rod! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Jerome! Oh yes, excellent water, just check out the release schedule before you ever go. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
I hope to fish this river this year hopefully in a few weeks. Great video thank you for sharing!
Hi Brian! Just check the flow releases so you know what’s going on that day. There’s a fly shop in Hawley, PA to give you more up to date information, check with them. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Looks like a great river. Beautiful day. Thanks for sharing Scott!
Hi Scott! Yes, could be a destination stream if it wasn’t for the erratic release schedule, great fish and great bugs. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi Scott, I'm enjoying your video on a Rainy Sunday morning wishing I was fishing! Surprised you didn't hit the westbranch this past week.
Hi Erik! I was out in Central PA this past week but heading up to the Delaware this week. No video from Central PA, bummed, caught some nice fish but not the usual May fishing I was expecting, still had a great time but too hard to get good clips, would’ve wasted a lot of battery and card space. Next time! Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Your videos actually got me back into fly fishing. I live right by the lackawaxen but find there is not a lot of public access
Same here. The Lackawaxen is my go to. So true, lots of private property signs and purple paint on trees around there. I want to try so many spots but I don't want to be disrespectful to property owners.
Hi Chris! Well, you’re right about the access but there’s a lot of holdovers and wilds that are spread out from the stocking areas, so keep that in mind. A little hiking may be worthwhile. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Im going this afternoon. I just go up and down 590 and the towpath and park wherever allowed and try new spots.
yo scotty, up at the lack! can't beat that place this time of year, great fishery it is. you guys had a very good day, got into many fish, nice healthy fish at that. thanks for the video my friend, we'l be heading up to the lodge tuesday, can't wait and maybe jack and I will see you during the 2 week adventure to many of the best streams that await us. keep in touch talk to you soon
Hello Mike! Thank you, I’m sure you’ll have some pics and stories for me too. I do really hope I can make it up there with you sometime soon. Thanks for watching and commenting and all your support.
Hey Scott! Hendrickson soft hackle for the win. I think that was a water snake coming to say hello. Thanks for the video!
Hi Dale! I don’t think so, this guy had a dorsal fun all the way down along his is body. I don’t know if you read the video’s description but I saw a total of 3 eels in this video, besides the one good clip I got, there’s two other clips you can see an eel swim by me again. Now is when they migrate up from the ocean up into the fresh water rivers. See if you can find the other two clips. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thanks Scott, enjoyed it as always.
Hey Big J, good morning! Thank you brother, appreciate you watching and commenting.
I see you took my suggestion 😂watching the video now...always enjoy the content!
Thank you brother! A great day , but definitely had to plan ahead according to the release schedule. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video Scott. I look forward to seeing you up on the West branch next week..
Hey Doug! I’ll be up at WBA, hopefully bump into you. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good to see you had a good day on the lacky. That was a lamprey eel you came across. They come up from the Delaware. We saw 2 huge ones two weeks ago just a bit downstream
Hi Sean! I did not know eels were also lampreys. The eels I caught as a kid did not have sucker mouths which I thought lampreys had, but honestly, never saw a lamprey up close. Interesting how common they are in the Lacky. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Great video Scott, look forward to possibly running into you soon on the Delaware it’s been fishing well up here! 👊🏻🇺🇸
Hey brother Shawn! Thank you very much. I’m coming up for this whole week starting tomorrow Monday, look for me! Appreciate you watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 will do, tight lines this week 👊🏻🇺🇸
Scott nice emerger soft hackle ty for showing these bug ties..lol that was a lamprey
Hi Jon! You’re welcome and my pleasure. See the comment I made to Dale Sheehan for the eel clip. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 pretty sure you know the difference.. yes west east branch delaware hve American eel runs and lampreys too .. anyway I'm so bumming to go up.. still have daycare duty.. waiting for a sibling to take over so i have four days on wb eb .. perfect time May weather etc.. yeah Scott learning by watching some take aways good here ty for sharing
Great video. Nice to see such fat healthy fish. They must have a robust food sources to attain those bellies.
Good morning Leonard! Yes they do have plenty of food/bugs in the Lacky, amazing shoulders on the wilds and holdovers. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
g Good video, as always Scott, was up at Pine last week ,only caught one and lost one, not such a good day, everyone left and my buddy and I had the stretch @ tombs to ourselves from 10 to 4 seen fish just couldn't get any action, maybe something I'm doing wrong...Having some nice dry fly action on some local streams though...sure would like to run into you somewhere on a stream, maybe Pine this year , I sure like it up there, but the 2 hr haul is consuming...hope to get a few days up there in my truck camper...ankle is getting stronger every week with therapy...tight lines...!
Good morning brother! Well glad to hear you’re at least having better luck on your local streams. I don’t have a planned trip for Pine but I’m sure I’ll hit it for a day or two in the next month. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Love the video as always ! Any suggestions as to where to start on the Lackawaxen . Just bought a house in Milford Pa. Love to fly fish but no idea where to start up here ?
Hi buddy! Up in Hawley you’ll be above the lake outflow, plenty of trout up there not affected by the releases. I’d start there if you don’t know the stream, there’s a fly shop in town in Hawley, stop in there for recent fishing reports and general local information. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good action. I'm trying to catch the tail end of the sulfur hatch this wknd.
Good morning brother! Tail end!? The Sulfurs should be around for several more weeks, also March Browns then Isonychias, plenty of bug action ahead. Pace yourself, ha! Thanks for watching and commenting.
You euro or using an indicator? Great fishing! I know that first spot very well.
Hello Daniel! Really, just nymphing, no sighter, no indicator, no tightlining , just leading my rig down through the drift, always managing my weight and focusing on my line somewhere near where it enters the water. Look at 2022 Summer video called My Leader Setup, there I go into detail on my method. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great content Scott! I learn alot from your videos, Thank you!! One question I do have: How do you connect your flies on your 3 rig nymph rigs? In line with clinch knots to the bend, dropper knots, eye to eye connection? Just curious what your thoughts are on the best way to connect them. Darn dropper knots always tangle up on me.
Hello Rob! Thank you very much! I connect my flies eye to eye with clinch knots, I have anywhere from 12”-16” tippet between each fly. My splitshot is above my top fly and I build my tandem rig from heaviest fly up top down to my lightest fly on the bottom. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You da man, appreciate your help! Tight lines and “Boom!”
That was definitely an eel. The Lack is famous for the eels that run up from the Delaware to spawn. I always seem to catch at least one every one or two years
Hi John! Yes it was, Ho through the video again, there’s two more clips of an eel swimming by me that I didn’t noticed in person by that I saw in the video, crazy! Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Hey Scott, I fish similar areas to you and I have struggled to find wild rainbows besides some small spring creeks in the poconos. Do you have any advice on how or where to find wild bows and brook trout?
Hi Matt! On the PA Fish Commissions website, you gotta search, but they have a list of all the Class A streams according to the counties and they list if they have wild brownies or brookies in them. There’s tons of Brookie streams but most of the fish are fingerling size. As far as wild rainbows, those streams are very limited in PA except for the Upper Delaware River system, it’s full of wild bows. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice location Scott, good access?
Hi Michael! Very pretty area but does have somewhat limited access, but some hiking I’m sure will pay off, the wilds and holdovers move around a lot, so there’s a lot of unpressed water. Worth taking a drive over the day and checking it out. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 Thanks Scott. BTW - that was an eel.
It could've been a snakehead. Very invasive. I believe you're supposed to kill them if you catch them.
Hi buddy! It was an eel, see the Response I made to Dale Sheehan. Thanks for watching and commenting.