Oil Creek,Venango County, 5/27/2009

[RonnieB]

Fished Oil Creek from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM, cloudy and cool, no fisherman the entire evening in the upper park. Fish rising the entire evening. Nice variety of hatches, BWO spinner (#20), Caddis 9(tan #16), Sulphur emergers and dry flies (#14 & #16). Partner and I each caught a dozen or more 12" - 15" and lost the same or more.

Great evening fishing, fish were fat and healthy, water was clear and low. Nice night.

 

[DaveKile]

Ronnie,

Got your message. Nice first post, looks good and thanks for sharing!

Dave

 

[pcray1231]

Ronnie,

I'll be up that way in a few weeks, I appreciate the report. I understand yinz guys need some rain.

 

[ryguyfi]

pcray1231 wrote:
Ronnie,

I'll be up that way in a few weeks, I appreciate the report. I understand yinz guys need some rain.

I've yet to fish Oil, want to this year. Let me know when you'll be there and maybe we can meet up.

 

[pcray1231]

ryguy,

Right now the plan is to drive up the evening of Tuesday, June 9, and stay till Sunday, June 14th. Thus the 10th-13th are fishing days. I'll be with one coworker, and my dad may or may not join for a day or so.

Lots of places in mind to fish, but I don't think we're going to set in stone where on which days, weather and stream conditions will play a role. I'll get you my cell phone # before we leave.

 

[dasofas]

Bring your caddis. I have fished Drake Well a few times and it gets a decent tan caddis hatch. Been fairly successful up in the riffles. Riffles, caddis, successful? Maybe it is just a nice setup for my sloppy slap cast!

 

[pcray1231]

dasofas,

Oil will probably get a visit, and I know the stream pretty well. But Oil will not be the focus of the trip. On many of the streams we'll hit I suspect the parachute Adams hatch will be spectacular.

 

[dasofas]

:lol:

 

[Bruno]

Ronnie:

Welcome to the board. I fished oil last sat evening. Water temp was a little on the high side. Your bug report is right on. I think the pressure is off the fish a bit. I saw one other guy fishing on a Sat during a holiday weekend.