Antietam, 07/23/26

Man so great to be back on the water with Larry and his grandson Tony. Tony has never fly fished and God praise Larry because he sacrifices his time so I always focus on his grandkids. They came in the day before and fished till 9PM. Larry got him up to speed on a few things. I met them at 7:45AM and we fished to just after 12. I have cool water and active trout. We are at summertime low flow, but water was clear and only 63 degrees. Red Run is clear and 61 degrees with rising trout. Still nymphing on Antietam and we did very well for late July. I worked with Tony and he did great but is was as always, too slow on the set. He had a nice rainbow, very nice brown on for a second. Then I had the net ready on a big brown, easily 18+, but he lowered the rod and the slack line let to a lost trout. Larry did get a nice 16 inch brown in my net and lost a 18+ one as well.

It was a great morning for teaching yet another future fly fisherman. If your wanting a quick summer trout trip, I have dates and water to be fished. Morning 1/2 days are the way to go till fall.