Muddy Creek FFO, York County, 10/12/2011

[JakesLeakyWaders]

In my opinion Muddy Creek is an excellent fishery. I've come to realized this over the years fishing there that the trout that are stocked stay in the stream and survive throughout the seasons. Catching small wild trout out of it's tribs and occasionally in the main stem itself is an added bonus. I admire your fesceciousness, (most definately spelled incorrectly, lol).

 

[1wt]

Thanks, Leaky! You sound jealous of me because I probably catch way more trout from that creek than you do!!! LOL But scream on dude, it doesn't bother me.
How quickly you forget about all my posts a couple years ago with me catchin' dozens of trout and that six point buck that posed in a pic for me ........ just below the upper cable when you walk down the woods path?
I also took a couple bluegill pix of the upper area and you told me that you never caught a gill there? You were the one who gave me directions of how to get to Muddy Creek FFO area in the first place (but it's so much quicker for me if I take the back route past the Muddy Creek Forks) but thanks anyway. You told me about the deeper water where the feeder stream comes in? Remember?
I said the creek is getting shallow at the downstream end!!!! The last flood changed it quite a bit ..... get over it! I don't badmouth the creek at all. I like it there.
I fly fish the upper end most of the time. That area didn't get as wacked out as the hemlock area..... that's all I'm sayin'
A short time ago, I would fish the Hemlock area with the guy that lives across the street. He's a nice guy and doesn't move upstream that much. We both used dry flies and we both caught lots of trout. Then it was deep...... now it's filled with gravel and not so deep! The couple trees there got washed away also.
I can see the big change..... why can't you?

 

[Nymph-O-Maniac]

Best thread ever.

 

[JakesLeakyWaders]

Did you post about the deer under your previous screen name or your current one....I cant remember, lol. Anyway, I really appreciate the Muddy Creek watershed for what it is. There are several places where no road parallels the stream for miles. The angler who hikes or wades a few miles is rewarded with seclusion and excellent scenery. I don't mean to turn this into a pissing match, but I take offense when someone berates such nice stream. You can fish the bridge pool, the hemlocks, the upper fly area and the forks (the usual spots) all you want. I will continue to explore the remaining miles of the watershed that I have not yet seen. I COULD CARE LESS IF YOU CATCH MORE FISH THAN ME. Rather, I enjoy how dynamic the stream is and all of it's tributaries, which provide thermal refuge for all the wild and stocked trout throughout its length.

 

[outsider]

catfight.

 

[sipe]

Did the fro section receive a fall stocking? Did the area below woodbine?

 

[Maurice]

FFO area received 300 RB trout from Bruce to below the Big Rock Hole. The lower end got 120 holdover trout from the McTU co op nursery.

Woodbine also got a Holdover stocking and so did Bridgeton to Woodbine and below the forks.All a little over 100 fish.

 

[dryflyklesse]

I fished the lower end of the ffo from the bridgeton bridge up about a half a mile into the fly fish zone. Lost two one was really nice but never got a fish to hand. Seemed to be kinda busy in the area so it might have been walked through earlier Sunday.

 

[McSneek]

I was there yesterday. Took a brand new fly fisherman with me with the goal of helping him to cast a fly rod, get a decent drift, identify holding water, etc. Parked at the lower lot and bushwacked/fished our way up to the riffle just below Tom's Run. Got into a few fish up there on egg patterns. Not much action with streamers. Tried various woolly buggers to no avail. Couple takes on a white marabou muddler. I probably hooked six fish total but only brought two to hand. The new guy caught a small brown on a pink weenie and was ecstatic. He loved it and can't wait to get out again. As for comments about the stream being damaged by the flooding - I saw no such evidence. Sure things have changed a little. Some areas are shallower, some are deeper but it's pretty much the same as always. The biggest change I noticed was how much silt was washed out of the long flat stretch below the blue rock hole. I saw this as a benefit. We saw two other guys about half way up but they didn't stay long. Didn't see another fisherman until we got back to the parking lot. The water was kind of low. Very clear. All in all, a great day for January 8.