Brookville 7-21-2011

[prybis]

Well I went back to Brookville today to test out some new flies. The browns are still plentiful but have scattered out some. I walked all the way up to the end of concrete at the spillway and they are even in this part. I did not go all the way to the spillway chutes though. It started out with 1 quick bite on an apps bloodworm with some more follows and misses. Things seem to have died down and I ended up going with the small stuff. I landed 1 out of 8 hook ups and miss about twice as many. I am not used to fishing tiny flies so I am going to need more practice. I ended up below the 101 bridge again with larger soft hackles and a crackle back type fly. I landed another 4 browns and missed about another 10 or so. One of the problems I was having was using a sink tip in such low water and not being able to see the fly. I would have on and not no it until the last moment and he was off. I was only able to get 1 pic since I drop my phone in the water. It has since dried out and I found out my thumb is in the way so I am not going to post it. There are still some rainbows left but they are dying out. I found one stuck on the bottom head between rocks still breathing and dying. Seen about 10 more dead ones also.

[krebsie]

Is it the heat that's killing them? Is this something that happens frequently there?

[prybis]

I would think it is the heat That is killing them. I have never really fished Brookville before this year.

[rstaight]

Typically you don't see bows or browns near the bridge let alone in the concrete chutes. You usually see them starting just upstream of the park and further down. There are some that migrate up but usually not as far as the bridge.

They are probably up that far becasue of the heat since that is where the water is the coldest.

[barryl]

One thing you might try, instead of a sinking tip, use floating line with floro leader small split shot and a float indicator. The indicator will react to the strike faster than you can feel it, but you will still need to be quick. Put you split shot just above your tippet knot so it doesn't slip. Keep adjusting your tippet length till you find what works for the water conditions.
I agree with the heat theory, bows are less tolerant of temperature than browns from what I have read.