Meadow Run Fayette County 3/8/14

[bprush]

Fished meadow run Saturday morning to shake off the cabin fever. Started off flushing a grouse on my way in, which caught me by surprise. I knew the creek hadn't been stocked since October so I was t sure what to expect. The water level was a bit high, and a bit dirty. There was ice and slush breaking off and flowing downstream making for some interesting drifts. I also noted what appeared to be stone flys crawling on the snow covered boulders. I fished for about two hours before picking up a fat and pretty rainbow. It was laying under a huge sheet of ice. I walked back upstream to a hole that was occupied earlier and hooked into a brown. I went about another two hours and picked up a skinny looking rainbow. Probably ten to twelve people on the entire stretch, and ohiopyle was surprisingly busy as well as I stopped in town for a burger. I was pretty happy to find a few fish this early especially with the first stocking delayed due to snow. Photos to come after work.....

 

[geebee]

Nice. Always good to find holdovers six months later, especially fat ones which on balance most holdover rainbows tend to be.

I guess we forget that rainbows thrive in very cold water.

 

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[geebee]

bprush wrote:

Thats a really nice photo dude.

 

[bprush]

iPhone all the way. Straight from the cam, no filters/edits.

 

[bprush]

I take that photo once a year, always looks the same.

 

[goodfortune]

bprush wrote:

Thanks X2; Meadow was where I learned how to fish, and was one of my favorite places while living in PGH.

 

[geebee]

Yup iPhones take real nice scenic pics If you compose them right and have nice subject matter to photograph.

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