Emericks Flies

05/04/2026

05/02/2026

04/28/2026

Our June issue starts hitting mailboxes in two weeks. If you subscribe by May 11th and are in the U.S. this will be your first issue (arriving a little later, around the first week of June). Subscribe here: https://simplecirc.com/subscribe/fur-fish-game

04/21/2026

The QUILL GORDON (Epeorus pluralis) mayfly; for many of us, the first "real" mayfly hatch of the season......usually immediately followed by the blizzard Grannom Caddis hatch. Here is photo of the various Quill Gordon variants/patterns that we offer. And yes, we still use the traditional Art Flick style for our Dry Fly pattern with stripped peacock eye and Metz Dun hackle

04/18/2026

Reproduction of watercolor plate from Ernie Schwiebert's 1966 book 'Matching the Hatch', scanned and digitized for preservation.

"Reproduction of watercolor plate from Matching the Hatch", 1966
Gift of Schwiebert, Ernest G.
1999.009.011

04/08/2026

Free Admission! Bring that leftover fur from last season! Do some trout fishing in beautiful Northcentral PA afterwards!

04/07/2026

The Spring Peeper is seldom seen except during its breeding season. However, its "peep" call makes it one of Pennsylvania's most familiar frogs.

Hearing its call is usually one of the first signs that spring has arrived.

📸 Jarren Uplinger

🐸Adults can range in length from 0.75 to 1.25 inches.

🐸They prefer a wooded area near wetland meadows or permanent bodies of water.

🐸Spring Peepers have a large, dark X-shaped mark in the middle of their backs. A dark "V" appears between their eyes.

🐸A large chorus of peepers heard from a distance is reminiscent of sleigh bells jogging down a quiet country lane.

03/31/2026

For anglers in Pennsylvania, the appearance of the Grannom caddis (Brachycentrus numerosus) is the true sign of spring. The hatch frequents the region in mid-April; this event transforms quiet streams into scenes of chaotic activity. Unlike the delicate emergence of mayflies, the Grannom can be a "blizzard hatch" of olive-bodied insects that seem to materialize all at once, flooding the air and coating the riverside foliage in a vibrating blanket of wings. At times they can seem like a river of insects flying upstream above the water in one motion together...

https://www.paflyfish.com/threads/fly-fishing-pennsylvanias-grannom-caddis-hatch.87330/