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Mike
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I was sent (from a colleague in SW Pa.) a May, 1988 article that I had forgotten about that I had written concerning Philadelphia's improving fisheries. It was interesting to go back in history. For your possible interest, here is what I said about Valley Ck at the time (taken directly from the article):
When it comes to trout fishing, metropolitan
Philadelphia fishermen are not
limited to put-and-take fisheries. Valley
Creek, located 20 miles from center-city
Philadelphia in Valley Forge National Park,
maintains an exceptional wild brown trout
population, even by statewide standards.
Some 10 years ago this population was
nearly destroyed by siltation from development
in the drainage. Today, the trout
population thrives, but harvest is forbidden
due to flesh contamination by PCBs.
The stream offers good, uncrowded catchand-
release fishing.
When it comes to trout fishing, metropolitan
Philadelphia fishermen are not
limited to put-and-take fisheries. Valley
Creek, located 20 miles from center-city
Philadelphia in Valley Forge National Park,
maintains an exceptional wild brown trout
population, even by statewide standards.
Some 10 years ago this population was
nearly destroyed by siltation from development
in the drainage. Today, the trout
population thrives, but harvest is forbidden
due to flesh contamination by PCBs.
The stream offers good, uncrowded catchand-
release fishing.