dc410
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I was working in Schuylkill County today. I looked at the radar early this morning and saw the quick hitting weather system that gave the southeast region of PA some strong winds and heavy rain in a real fast moving front. It was the perfect scenario for me to hit up a stream in Schuylkill County later in the day that I have had on my bucket list for quite a while. Conditions later this afternoon were just about right, with the rain earlier in the day, the stream was flowing strong and a bit off color.... perfect!
This section of stream is an ATW that is listed on the PA natural repro list and is a fairly high gradient stream with some great structure. I thought it was mainly a native brookie stream from an earlier scouting trip, but was a bit surprised today when I caught both native brookies and even more wild brownies. I was fishing a size 12 bead head black/grizzly wooly bugger and they were crushing it in the faster runs and pocket water. I was hooking a lot of fish but for some reason was having trouble bringing them to hand as I lost a lot of fish this afternoon while playing them. Don't really know what the problem was ........ but it is all good! All in all it was a very enjoyable couple of hours fishing on a brand new section of stream for me, on a beautiful autumn afternoon in the heart of the PA coal country.
This section of stream is an ATW that is listed on the PA natural repro list and is a fairly high gradient stream with some great structure. I thought it was mainly a native brookie stream from an earlier scouting trip, but was a bit surprised today when I caught both native brookies and even more wild brownies. I was fishing a size 12 bead head black/grizzly wooly bugger and they were crushing it in the faster runs and pocket water. I was hooking a lot of fish but for some reason was having trouble bringing them to hand as I lost a lot of fish this afternoon while playing them. Don't really know what the problem was ........ but it is all good! All in all it was a very enjoyable couple of hours fishing on a brand new section of stream for me, on a beautiful autumn afternoon in the heart of the PA coal country.