This is a week out of date but I'll put it in anyway.
Was able to take 2 of my boys from MD to Grandpap's camp in Cammal for a few days. Number one son and his wife were on baby-watch so he couldn't make it.
Never got a water temperature but the air temps never made it out of the low 70s during the day and dropped to 40s-50s at night.
Got to the Ross Run area 6/12 evening and got a few tremendous browns on slate drakes. Two about 17" for me and one 15" for the youngest boy. Also picked up a 12" rainbow... and fell in... face first right before we were done for the evening. My other boy long-released one that appeared to be a good fish. Most of the bug action was straight drakes with a few Cahills (16-14?). My father-in-law can't wade as deep as he used to but rose a few with no hook-ups. Turns out he didn't hook anything while we were there but he did all his catching the week before.
Hit the clay bank above the dam on Little Pine 6/13 AM and each of us (except Grandpap) got one nice fish on slate drakes. I can't remember the distribution but they were browns and rainbows 10-11". We may have done better but the first storm of the day pushed us off the creek sooner than we wanted.
Went to the lower part of Pine Creek "stretch" at Black Walnut Bottom. Hooked and landed 3 browns and one rainbow on 16 Light Cahill or BWO parachute. One of the browns was my biggest ever at ~20". Granted that's a fisherman's estimate but it was definitely about 3" longer than the 17-incher we put a tape on. The other guys had some takes but didn't land any. They really put some hogs in that stretch of the creek. Had to leave early for an even bigger storm with lots of close-in lightning.
6/14 AM was a better outing for the boys than for Grandpap and me. The older boy got a nice rainbow on an ant since nothing would hit any of the flies matching the ones we saw - BWOs, Cahills, slate drakes. The highlight was when the youngest got a rainbow on a beautiful damselfly that he tied himself. Damselflies and dragon flies were everywhere.
Always love fishing there and hate to leave. It seems that all the rain and cool weather should keep the fishing going past the end of June.
As for the oldest boy who couldn't go with us, his son (our first grandson) was born a few days after we came home on the morning of 6/18. Turns out he could have gone with us after all.
Regards, Glenn
Was able to take 2 of my boys from MD to Grandpap's camp in Cammal for a few days. Number one son and his wife were on baby-watch so he couldn't make it.
Never got a water temperature but the air temps never made it out of the low 70s during the day and dropped to 40s-50s at night.
Got to the Ross Run area 6/12 evening and got a few tremendous browns on slate drakes. Two about 17" for me and one 15" for the youngest boy. Also picked up a 12" rainbow... and fell in... face first right before we were done for the evening. My other boy long-released one that appeared to be a good fish. Most of the bug action was straight drakes with a few Cahills (16-14?). My father-in-law can't wade as deep as he used to but rose a few with no hook-ups. Turns out he didn't hook anything while we were there but he did all his catching the week before.
Hit the clay bank above the dam on Little Pine 6/13 AM and each of us (except Grandpap) got one nice fish on slate drakes. I can't remember the distribution but they were browns and rainbows 10-11". We may have done better but the first storm of the day pushed us off the creek sooner than we wanted.
Went to the lower part of Pine Creek "stretch" at Black Walnut Bottom. Hooked and landed 3 browns and one rainbow on 16 Light Cahill or BWO parachute. One of the browns was my biggest ever at ~20". Granted that's a fisherman's estimate but it was definitely about 3" longer than the 17-incher we put a tape on. The other guys had some takes but didn't land any. They really put some hogs in that stretch of the creek. Had to leave early for an even bigger storm with lots of close-in lightning.
6/14 AM was a better outing for the boys than for Grandpap and me. The older boy got a nice rainbow on an ant since nothing would hit any of the flies matching the ones we saw - BWOs, Cahills, slate drakes. The highlight was when the youngest got a rainbow on a beautiful damselfly that he tied himself. Damselflies and dragon flies were everywhere.
Always love fishing there and hate to leave. It seems that all the rain and cool weather should keep the fishing going past the end of June.
As for the oldest boy who couldn't go with us, his son (our first grandson) was born a few days after we came home on the morning of 6/18. Turns out he could have gone with us after all.
Regards, Glenn
