Laurel Hill Creek, Somerset County, 6/25/2011

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Time Fished: 2:00 - 8:30
Air Temp: 63
Water Temp: 65
Stream Flow: Excellent, strong flow with greenish tint in deeper runs and pockets
Fish Caught: 7 (4 rainbows, 3 browns)
Bugs seen: A few small caddis, crane flies galor, small BWO, tons o midges
Flies Used: Hares ear wet #14 , small ant #18, beetle #14, several midges #22-24

Comments: Great cool day that felt more like October than the end of June. Fished the upper special regs area. The fish tended to be congregated near the tribs, but there still seem to be good numbers. The slow water section upstream of the parking area seemed to be void of fish. I wonder if the warmer weather moved them closer to the tribs. Downstream, the fish seemed to be fairly spread out. I had to work for all the fish. There was a pod midging in the slower water right at the parking area and I had to spend some time adjusting and changing up until I hooked a couple. No size to the fish. Biggest was maybe 13. These fish were not easy.

Catch of the day: While fishing about a 1/4 mile below the parking area, I pulled a fly box merrily floating its way downstream. It was packed full of small corkers, foam attractors and some very interesting, non-traditional ties. I worked my way back upstream asking the few anglers along the way if they lost a box. No go. Finally I got to the last angler I could see. And returned the box to its rightful owner.




 
Good for you Paul! Did the guy know he had lost his box?

I was on the same stream Sunday from about 2-4 PM. I fished the slow water section and managed two fish, a rainbow on a zebra midge dropper and a brown on an ant. The fishing was more technical than I like, so I bailed early for the Yough were I got skunked for 4 hours casting to rising fish...
 
albatross wrote:
The fishing was more technical than I like, so I bailed early for the Yough were I got skunked for 4 hours casting to rising fish...

Lol... guess you're paying the price for catching that lunker last week!
I'm off this week so Wednesday through Friday I'm going fishing, although I'm restricted to day trip, one of those is for sure to the Yough. Probably Thursday. I'm hoping to luck into a fish 3/4 of the size you caught.

The guy seemed to know he lost the box. He identified it right away, no hesitation.
 
Have a ball fishing this week. Monday the fourth of July is fish for free in MD. Give me a shout if you don't have a family picnic planned. A group of us are heading down.
 
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