Bull Run, Jefferson County, WV

charliepff

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I started about 0900 hoping the temps would warm up at the bridge in Kable Town. This is a public access area stocked by DNR weekly for the next month or two. It is normally a small limestone stream that starts outside of Charles Town in farmland and picks up some small streams on the way. The stream was high and cold. The area is a public access area; and, while it did not have any footprints in the snow, there is always heavy pressure here.

I used a prince nymph and pheasant tail dropper with no hits in any of the holes. Heavy weight or not, it just was not working. I switched to a olive bead head wooly bugger and missed one fish.

The rod was a 7ft Clear Water Orvis with a Battenkill BBS reel and 4W line and a 7.5ft leader. I am not very good with limestone streams and I have not had much exposure to them. Especially when they are a foot above normal and murky colored.

I also stopped by the Occaquin, but, I was short on time. I think if it warmed up a little, things would have been a lot better.

This is also my first fishing report, next time I will get pictures. Thanks everyone.
 
charliepff wrote:
This is also my first fishing report, next time I will get pictures. Thanks everyone.

Good report Charlie - thanks.
Pics are nice but not required. What we do like to see is a description of conditions: What were water levels like, weather, water temps, etc. Were insects visible? What techniques were successful or unsuccessful. You don't have to provide all the details as you may care to keep some of that to yourself....but it is useful to our readers if there is some general information on what the stream was like. Gear used is less important.
We also request the date fished (although the county is less important for reports outside PA - it is still helpful).
Thanks,
Dave W

BTW - Harper's Ferry is one of my favorite fishing spots - just beautiful. I love that area.

 
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