Clarks Creek, Dauphin County -- 08/19/08

jhguster23

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Fished Clarks yesterday from 5:00 p.m. until dark with two buddies. Only my second time on this beautiful creek.

Water was very low and clear, 59 degrees. Fish were very active feeding on the surface, but as usual, were difficult to approach. Caught a healthy 10" brown on a tan, CDC caddis. I think most of the fish were on emergers, because many of the rises I observed were fish actually coming out of the water. Caught a couple chubs with an olive bugger, but the trout were not interested.

My friends each caught one trout as well (1 brown, 1 rainbow), also on caddis. Interestingly, one of my buddies caught a small pickerel on a chartreuse wooly bugger.

Didn't get any takes until I downsized to 7x tippet.

Didn't see any bears or (thankfully) any rattlesnakes.
 
There are definitely some pickerel in there, some with a bit of mass to them. I was up in July and ran into this guy. Fortunately, he did what bears are supposed to do and ran away, which is why he was just a spot in the distance. He couldn't have been more than 25 feet away when I first saw him, but as I whispered back for my buddy to get the better camera out he took off. We definitely payed attention for the rest of the day.

Boyer
 
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