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Re: Darby Creek, Del Co., 5/22/2013 [by Van_Cleaver]

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:01:30 -0000

Stream Reports:: Darby Creek, Del Co., 5/22/2013
Thanks! Sadly I haven't fished the Pick for awhile. It used to be my home stream, too. I tend to gravitate towards French when I'm out there; more fish and usually more water, especially pocket. Speaking of that Darby was flowing way better than I would have guessed. Hoping we pick up some more rainfall soon......the cool weather coming will also help.

West Valley Creek DHALO-Chester County 5/22/13 [by surveyor06]

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:24:20 -0000

Stream Reports:: West Valley Creek DHALO-Chester County 5/22/13
Started fishing neat Boot Road hoping to find rising to sulphurs. This was my first time on this stream; not impressed. There were def. trout there but water is very slow. Lots of midge activity, and fish rising, but the fly barely moves in the water. Started flipping rocks; no signs of bug life. Certainly no sulphurs nymphs, but there wasnt anything. Very disappointed. I saw a few bass there were good size, and pan f...

Re: Perkiomen Ck C&R area, Montgomery Co., 3/16/2012 [by kenbo5733]

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:04:28 -0000

Stream Reports:: Perkiomen Ck C&R area, Montgomery Co., 3/16/2012
are you guys talking about the perkiomen creek above green lane reservoir if so how and where do u reach that part because I thought all that land above there was private

Re: Kettle Creek Potter/Clinton Cos. [by The_Sasquatch]

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:24 -0000

Stream Reports:: Kettle Creek Potter/Clinton Cos.
How did Little Kettle fish?

Re: Falling Springs Branch, Franklin County, 5/17/2013 [by wgmiller]

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:40 -0000

Stream Reports:: Falling Springs Branch, Franklin County, 5/17/2013
The fish in there hate most people... If you think you have the Letort and Big Spring mastered, go to FSB and they'll knock you back a peg or two.

Tunkhannock creek,North branch wyoming county 5/18/13 [by melvinp]

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:30 -0000

Stream Reports:: Tunkhannock creek,North branch wyoming county 5/18/13
Had a pretty good day Saturday 5/18/13,Smallies are moving in and still a fair amount of trout,Caught about 10 fall fish 1 big sucker 3 small mouth and 1 real nice brown.gotta love clousers.

Re: Oil Creek, Venango Co, 5/17/2013 [by vanorvis]

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:57 -0000

Stream Reports:: Oil Creek, Venango Co, 5/17/2013
Fished there on Sunday 19th. Started at Drake well around 1:00pm.
Fish took on the first cast of a caddis dry then had to work hard for the next few. Got a lot of fish to come to the fly but landed only a few.
About 4:00 pm moved down to Petroleum Center to see what was going on. Few more bugs but not many fish working them. Did see a few sulfurs and cahills. Hooked a handful of fish on a sulfur dry.
Was a beautiful after...

Re: Little Valley, Chester Co., 5/17/2013 [by Van_Cleaver]

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:07:33 -0000

Stream Reports:: Little Valley, Chester Co., 5/17/2013
surveyer06; thanks I was pleased and a little proud of myself for that performance. My initial goal was to land a fish or two. That said, I spooked more than one spot, got stuck in a few shrubs and roots, but somehow managed to not lose any flies. That was more shocking to me than the number of fish encountered.

Gunpowder, Baltimore Co, MD 5/19/2013 [by BelAirSteve]

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:21:46 -0000

Stream Reports:: Gunpowder, Baltimore Co, MD 5/19/2013
Fished the sulphurs this evening - counting gearing up, walking in and out, was there for about 2 1/2 hours. Landed 7, LDR'd 2, missed 5 or 6. Most fish caught swinging soft hackles - partridge and yellow, and gold ribbed hares hear.

The water started boiling just like its always does right at dusk, but these eyes are getting too old for this stuff! Wanted to switch to a dry, but waited too long and couldn't see enou...

Re: Codorus Creek-Trophy Trout Water, York County, 5/15/2013 [by RonB]

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:07 -0000

Stream Reports:: Codorus Creek-Trophy Trout Water, York County, 5/15/2013
Went back today 5/19 around one pm till around 6:30 pm. Sulphers were hatching pretty good. Started off catching them on sulpher nymphs then switched to dries once they started hatching. Caught 16 all together but had nothing larger than 12". They sure are some pretty colored brownies though. Have to restock with some more sulphers now.

Re: Shenango River, Mercer County, 5/11 and 5/12/13 [by fishingnoob]

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:28 -0000

Stream Reports:: Shenango River, Mercer County, 5/11 and 5/12/13
Funny you mention that bikerfish cause I DID!!! Nailed a nice 13 inch brook trout with a march brown on fishing creek...absolutely incredible and totally thrilling...it was the highlight of my time at the jam

South Branch Codorus Creek, York County 5/17 [by RonB]

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:26:35 -0000

Stream Reports:: South Branch Codorus Creek, York County 5/17
Met up with D-Rock023 yesterday at 1 pm. First time we fished together. He is new to fly fishing and I did up some flies for him to start out with. We had a good time till around 6 pm. He caught 6 and I caught five. His were mostly on a sulpher nymph and I got mine on a pheasant tail nymph. Nothing was huge but still enjoyed catching some fish in York County

Re: Chester Creek, Del. Co., 5/15/2013 [by nittspike]

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:30 -0000

Stream Reports:: Chester Creek, Del. Co., 5/15/2013
Thanks Van,

Sunday is the day so hopefully will avoid the crowd. Plus weather will most likely put some off the water.

Tight Lines!

Re: Little Juniata Creek, Perry County, 12/15/06 [by kenbo5733]

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:35:13 -0000

Stream Reports:: Little Juniata Creek, Perry County, 12/15/06
I know this post is old but I thought this year they stocked it with adult brown and rainbows but how big do u think the wild browns were

Re: Little Juniata Creek, Perry County, 6/22/2011 [by kenbo5733]

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:03:04 -0000

Stream Reports:: Little Juniata Creek, Perry County, 6/22/2011
I might be in the new bloomfield area this weekend and saw little Juniata creek on google maps any advice on where to target this stream and what lurks in there would be greatly appreciated thank you

Re: Yellow Breeches - Cumberland Co. Lower Allen Township - 5/14 & 15/2013 [by albud1962]

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:17 -0000

Stream Reports:: Yellow Breeches - Cumberland Co. Lower Allen Township - 5/14 & 15/2013
well when the average angler is out to fill his stringer as fast as those fish are dumped its no wonder why the fishing sucks

Re: Gunpowder, Baltimore County MD, 5/9/2013 [by LongWader]

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:32:14 -0000

Stream Reports:: Gunpowder, Baltimore County MD, 5/9/2013
The State of Maryland had some major hatchery issues this year so they stocked a good number of very robust medium to large rainbows from the Freshwater Institute this year. They are a real hoot to catch and release and they hold better than the standard stocked trout. The larger Palominos seem to be particularly picky, but they are willing to take some weighted nymph and crayfish imitations presented on the bottom.

Re: Fishing Creek, Clinton County, 5/1/2013 [by Hook_Jaw]

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:17:19 -0000

Stream Reports:: Fishing Creek, Clinton County, 5/1/2013

It's a great trout stream the trout are hard to catch. Above Tylersville hatchery all the way up used to be great fishing has really seemed to go downhill as I think it did below the federal hatchery to where it is stocked. Alot of big trout have been caught in that stream both brook trout and brown trout.

Re: Yellow Breeches, Cumberland Co, 5/4/13 [by odizz17]

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:32:39 -0000

Stream Reports:: Yellow Breeches, Cumberland Co, 5/4/13
Thank you Ned. Just pheasant tail for the tail/abdomen, some copper wire for a rib, peacock ice dub, and cdc for a wingcase. In this particular fly, the ends of the cdc split on me and came out looking like batwings instead of the more traditional wing i was going for. Still worked out pretty good, so oh well

Re: East Br. Brandywine Creek, Chester Co, 4/13/13 [by timmyt]

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:26:21 -0000

Stream Reports:: East Br. Brandywine Creek, Chester Co, 4/13/13
Take ur dad to the Tully, plenty of fish and plenty of bugs should provide a decent opportunity to get him hooked up on his first fish

Re: Lehigh River and unnamed brookie stream, Carbon County, May 3 2013 [by Luke]

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:04:31 -0000

Stream Reports:: Lehigh River and unnamed brookie stream, Carbon County, May 3 2013
Sounds like a darn near perfect day. You wouldn't have wanted to bother plucking out that turkey anyway

Re: Oil Creek(DHALO), Venango Co, 5/3-4/13 [by dano]

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:41:55 -0000

Stream Reports:: Oil Creek(DHALO), Venango Co, 5/3-4/13
Quote:

vanorvis wrote:
Is it just me or does there seem to be fewer rising fish ? Years past there were rising fish all over by this time of the year. Because of the late spring ??

Yes, very few rising fish this year. i'm not sure why.
I'm hoping the dropping water level along with the bright green caddis, olives and craneflies would start to get the ...

Spring Creek, Centre County, 05/4/13 [by Sylvaneous]

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:01 -0000

Stream Reports:: Spring Creek, Centre County, 05/4/13
Water had a slight color to it but the intense sun made my nymph rig amazingly visible. Started with a sz. 16 tan beadhead caddis pupa followed by a sz. 14 sulfur nymph. Catch rate was about 50/50 until later in the day it went decidedly more towards the pupa, so I switch to both caddis. Some small caddis were seen hatching, but just one here and there. Smaller fish were quite active. I got into 26 trout (I just happened to be ...

Re: Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, 5/3/13 [by troutpoop]

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:51:52 -0000

Stream Reports:: Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, 5/3/13
Thanks for sharing. I prefer catching wild fish but unfortunately I only get that chance about half the time. It doesn't make your stream report any less valid.

Re: Penns, Centre County, Fri 4-26 and Mon 4-29 [by hammertime]

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:33:03 -0000

Stream Reports:: Penns, Centre County, Fri 4-26 and Mon 4-29
Quote:

TYoung wrote:
You're lucky, I fished Penns at Cherry Run on Saturday afternoon, and saw very few fish rising. There were plenty of bugs around all afternoon, but no fish were rising too them. When I left around 6PM, I talked to a guy who did well on dries the previous evening. I think that since it was quite cold on Friday night, the fish must had been turned off. There were...

Re: Letort, Cumberland Co, 4/22/13 [by barbless]

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:32:55 -0000

Stream Reports:: Letort, Cumberland Co, 4/22/13
Yes. The only thing that might be considered to detract is the shadow from the railroad bridge in the corner, on that first one.

Or maybe I'm only saying that because I have a photo like that where the shadow is even more prominent- when I first saw it, I thought that something had happened to the mechanism of my camera. In my pic, the shadow is one big solid dark bar right across the lower left.

The shadow in ...

Re: Big Pine at Ansonia area, Tiaoga County, Sat 4-27 and Sun 4-28 [by BradFromPotter]

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:39:54 -0000

Stream Reports:: Big Pine at Ansonia area, Tiaoga County, Sat 4-27 and Sun 4-28
Quote:

sandfly wrote:
...fished west branch and lyman also since you departed.....Thanks again Bill for coming had a great time as always !!

I told you to stay off the West Branch!

Re: Neshannock Creek, Lawrence County, 4/28/13 [by StarvinMarvin]

Wed, 01 May 2013 06:58:39 -0000

Stream Reports:: Neshannock Creek, Lawrence County, 4/28/13
Both the one I caught last week just kind of rolled in like dead weight

Re: Lehigh River, Carbon Co., 4/28/2013 [by BeastBrown]

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:09:47 -0000

Stream Reports:: Lehigh River, Carbon Co., 4/28/2013
Not many wild fish there, that's where they dump the stockies, get's pounded for the first week, anything wild in the area comes out via worm. North and South, more fish.

Re: West Branch of Delaware, Wayne Co., 04/24/13-04/26/2013 [by CLSports]

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:25:55 -0000

Stream Reports:: West Branch of Delaware, Wayne Co., 04/24/13-04/26/2013
Wbranch,

Keep me on your list too!

Oil Creek, Venango Co, 4/27/2013 [by Sylvaneous]

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:44:51 -0000

Stream Reports:: Oil Creek, Venango Co, 4/27/2013
The previous night's cold didn't portend well for fishing. I fished @ Blood Farm, below the ice dam. The grannoms started a little after 10 and the hatch was light and short. There was a little surface activity. I stuck with a dual rig of sz. 14 pupa and a bead head peacock wetfly. Caught 3 and missed 2. Looked for fish @ Rynd Farm but nada. Checked-out the dam looking for migrating bass stacked-up. Nada again. Noticed a few fi...

Quittie, Lebanon County, 4/29/2013 [by Biggie]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:32:34 -0000

Stream Reports:: Quittie, Lebanon County, 4/29/2013
Hit the Quittie today for about an hour at the park. The water is going up and getting cloudy. Caught 4 on a soft hackle hare's ear. Gave up as the rain chased me off and I couldn't see the bottom to wade.....that crick has the slickest mud I've ever encountered on the banks.

Re: Oil Creek, Venango Co, 4/23/2013 [by vanorvis]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:43:00 -0000

Stream Reports:: Oil Creek, Venango Co, 4/23/2013
No, haven't fished Lil' Sandy for a while. Always seem to drive the extra distance to get to Oil Creek, but it's not always better. Just a lot more options once you get there.

Re: Stony Creek in Somerset county 4/26/2013 [by BigBronco]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:12:48 -0000

Stream Reports:: Stony Creek in Somerset county 4/26/2013
Access is a cake walk. You have a RR that follows the stream. Park at the covered bridge and go as far as you wish. LOTS of bears and snakes, but no fish.

Re: elk creek, erie county 4/27/12 [by fishingnoob]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:22:52 -0000

Stream Reports:: elk creek, erie county 4/27/12
Your right Nick it was slow. Every person I ran into either was striking out, or had just one. Also I forgot to mention, got him on a white wooly bugger. I hope to get up again this weekend. Maybe take my chances on walnut again.

Re: Yellow Breeches Creek Cumberland County 04/24/13 [by odizz17]

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:21:32 -0000

Stream Reports:: Yellow Breeches Creek Cumberland County 04/24/13
Did well yesterday a few miles above allenbery.... Not sure exactly where the stretch was... Just found a bridge, walked a few hundred yards down, and worked my way back up. Was fortunate enough to bring 8 to hand. 6 came on a caddis dry, the other 2 came on a bwo soft hackle under an indie.

Re: Neshannock Creek, Lawrence Co, 4/6/13 DHALO [by StarvinMarvin]

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:04:47 -0000

Stream Reports:: Neshannock Creek, Lawrence Co, 4/6/13 DHALO
I skipped 3 days in a row my senior year of high school to hit the first wave of caddis hatches and my environmental science teacher thought that was the coolest thing in the world, the others not so much.

Fair Warning [by barbless]

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:46:42 -0000

Stream Reports:: Rapid Anne River, Madison County VA, 4/24/2013
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<h1>French Ck, Chester, 4-25-2013 [by Van_Cleaver]</h1>
<p>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:34:54 -0000</p>
Stream Reports:: French Ck, Chester, 4-25-2013<br />
Started fishing around one under bright sunny skies. Water was dead clear and 60, Main hatch was tan caddis, though very few risers. It was slow when I started and I missed three straight, two were clean hook ups for a few seconds, and on a bent rod. Tried to push the negative vibes away and enjoy the gorgeous day, which I did. Fished upstream and away from all other anglers and picked several out of some really nice pocket water. Fished ba...
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<h1>East Branch of the Delaware, Sullivan County, NY, 4/23/13 [by DavidFin]</h1>
<p>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:03:52 -0000</p>
Stream Reports:: East Branch of the Delaware, Sullivan County, NY, 4/23/13<br />
Had a day off an though the weather wasn

Re: South Branch Codorus Creek, York County, 04/21/2013 [by JakesLeakyWaders]

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:26:37 -0000

Stream Reports:: South Branch Codorus Creek, York County, 04/21/2013
I've got issues lately. Bad year for me.

I need a snickers,
Im not going anywhere for a while.

Trout envy, amoung other things.

Re: Penns Creek, Centre County, April 17,18,19,20 [by Hook_Jaw]

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:16:18 -0000

Stream Reports:: Penns Creek, Centre County, April 17,18,19,20
I fished friday evening in Couburn to Ingelby and did well even after the rain wasn't muddy was just off color until dark where I was.

Muddy Creek FFO, York Co. 4/24/13 [by fritz]

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:11:30 -0000

Stream Reports:: Muddy Creek FFO, York Co. 4/24/13
Fished the upper section as there were cars parked at the lower section. WT was 50F when I started at around 10A. Caught a mix of browns and bows on wet flys, PTs, prince nymphs and caddis. A few rises but not much going on til about 230P when a nice caddis hatch came off in the riffle I was in. When I left the stream at 430P the WT was 56F. Two anglers came in as I was leaving. Good to see the FFO getting such good use even when the A...

Re: Chester Ck., and West Branch, Delaware Co. 4/21/2013 [by sipe]

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:55:00 -0000

Stream Reports:: Chester Ck., and West Branch, Delaware Co. 4/21/2013
Oh man those fish have incredible color for stocked fish (nice fins too)

Re: Little J, Huntington Co., 04/08/2013 [by lv2nymph]

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:32:18 -0000

Stream Reports:: Little J, Huntington Co., 04/08/2013
Yes, there is no shortage of places to fish on the Little "J".

Re: Tulpehocken - Berks County April 17 & 18 [by greywolf]

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:15:16 -0000

Stream Reports:: Tulpehocken - Berks County April 17 & 18
Thanks.

Re: Meadow run Fayette county 4/18/13 [by bprush]

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:27:22 -0000

Stream Reports:: Meadow run Fayette county 4/18/13
Forgot to mention, it was good to see that a wader wash station was put in at the parking lot, but it appeared to be useless As the brush was missing and the water in it was green and full of leaves and algae. Doesn't seem to be a good sign that a station in a state park in a busy lot isn't being maintained. Does anyone know if chestnut ridge tu placed this or if the dcnr/park did?

Re: Valley Creek, chester co., 4/11 [by wvuandy1]

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:55:21 -0000

Stream Reports:: Valley Creek, chester co., 4/11
I fished from 10 til 1 today and had a nice few hours. Saw a few caddis roaming around and it appeared the fish started to move a bit into faster water - Subtle but noted.
I used a size 16 Elk Hair caddies with soft hackle dropped off 12-18 inches. I would try to extend a realistic drift as long as possible and use a quick strip retrieve to imitate a fast emerging caddis with my soft hackle. Caught a few on top and a few more on ...

Re: Little Shenango River, Mercer County, 4/14/12 [by streamerguy]

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:38:51 -0000

Stream Reports:: Little Shenango River, Mercer County, 4/14/12
Sweet!!!! You mind telling where abouts on the stream? PM is fine, not looking for any secrets just looking for a good starting point since my only experience with the stream is driving over it(but where you can't seem to park and fish it).

Many fish getting kept today by others? Might hit it and a handful of other creeks this weekend or next weekend. If I go next weekend hopefully some fish are still lef...

Re: Gunpowder - Baltimore Co, MD 4/14/13 [by LongWader]

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:34:56 -0000

Stream Reports:: Gunpowder - Baltimore Co, MD 4/14/13
From time to time I see poachers on the CR section of the GP and they use small spin outfits or spools just like the one you saw. They stash the fish into a convenience store bag and then run a long the trail back to their cars. If you confront them they just run faster, however they are not the biggest poachers. There are a whole bunch of kayakers that stash telescoping spinning rods and bait into the kayaks and fish bait in the ...