WELL, AFTER A VERY LONG AND VERY COLD WINTER (WE HAD 4 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY, APRIL 1) IT’S TIME TO START THE NEW 2011 SEASON’S FISHING CONDITIONS UPDATES. AS EXPECTED, THERE’S NOT MUCH TO GET EXCITED ABOUT YET, HERE IN THE POCONOS, WITH THE VERY COLD AND RAINY/SNOWY WEATHER LATELY. AIR TEMPS ARE GOING TO BE 25-50 DEGREES THE NEXT FEW DAYS (THAT’S GOOD FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS) AND THERE IS STILL SNOW ON THE GROUND MAKING FOR VERY COLD AND SLIGHTLY HIGH WATER. BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER, THERE HAVEN’T BEEN MANY OF US OUT FISHING YET.
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, IT’S SUPPOSED TO WARM-UP THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WITH HIGHS AROUND 60 PROJECTED FOR NEXT WEEK. IF THIS IS THE CASE WE SHOULD START FISHING THE END OF NEXT WEEK AND THINGS SHOULD PICK-UP.
EARLY SEASON FLY PATTERNS FOR THE POCONOS ARE: BLUE QUILLS AND QUILL GORDONS, LITTLE BLACK CADDIS AND LITTLE BLACK STONEFLIES, GRANNOMS, TAN CADDIS. WOOLY BUGGERS AND BEADHEAD NYMPHS ARE ALWAYS GOOD EARLY IN THE SEASON IN COLD WATER. OUR A.A. BEADHEAD SUBMERGERS ARE A GREAT PATTERN HERE IN THE POCONOS.
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