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Fishidiot
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By all accounts that I'm hearing.....this has been one of the best trout fishing years (so far anyway) in recent memory. To be sure, I don't focus as much on trout fishing as many of you do, but when I've been out I have had some pretty good days. It really started for me with the Jam.....best hatches and fishing many had seen in years and the reports keep getting better. From what I'm hearing from my hard core trout friends is that the fishing and hatches this year have just been off the charts. Just the last 24 hours I've chatted with buddies who have returned from the Potter County/Pine Creek region and they just had epic fishing and tremendous hatches.
Perhaps it's been a combination of cool weather (at least until recently) and good, stable water flows without many storms that may partially explain things this year(?). More broadly, I've felt for some years that central PA is going through something of a wild trout boom with many streams seeing increased populations of wild trout and improving conditions (generally). Perhaps those who constantly lament the supposedly lost Good Ole Days of trout fishing in PA ought to get out more. However, this year in particular - from what I'm hearing - has been an especially good one for hatch matching and trout catching.
Thoughts?
Have you and your fishing buddies noticed this? If so, any theories or opinions you'd care to share?
Perhaps it's been a combination of cool weather (at least until recently) and good, stable water flows without many storms that may partially explain things this year(?). More broadly, I've felt for some years that central PA is going through something of a wild trout boom with many streams seeing increased populations of wild trout and improving conditions (generally). Perhaps those who constantly lament the supposedly lost Good Ole Days of trout fishing in PA ought to get out more. However, this year in particular - from what I'm hearing - has been an especially good one for hatch matching and trout catching.
Thoughts?
Have you and your fishing buddies noticed this? If so, any theories or opinions you'd care to share?