South Branch Codorus Creek, York County, 9/15/11

[glenrockonthefly]

Hey all,

Got out on the home creek today. This creek was creeping up my front steps last weds 9/7, The S. Codorus experienced it's worst flood since Agnes, but the flooding did not last as long as many east bank rivers.

I was going to wait a few more days before trying but came across a fisherman tues eve who had done well on worms, caught 10 browns. So I headed out for a few hours, and I'm glad to report all seems well. Fished from 10:30 til 2:00, overcast skies, water cool (no thermometer) water high still but not very cloudly, visibilty a few feet at least.

Brought 4 fish to the net and had at least 10 more hits and hooked 2 more fish, but threw hook. Black and olive wooly buggers caught 3 and produced all other action. One 13 inch brown was caught on a red SanJuan Worm, but only hit on the SW.

Fished about 1.5 miles downstream from Glen Rock, about mile 8 upstream to mile 7 on NCR Trail.

Great walking along bank right now everything flattened! Anyone need a trash can could find a few here.

Another note, river looks great, very rocky/gravel bottom, lots of silt left on banks.

 

[BruceC2C]

thank you for your report

 

[dryflyklesse]

I never seem to have much luck in those large pools outside of glen rock. I use spin gear and do alright but as far as dry fly and nymph I only pull a few fish here and there. There also seems to be a lot more small mouth down that way now!

 

[glenrockonthefly]

dryflyklesse wrote:
I never seem to have much luck in those large pools outside of glen rock. I use spin gear and do alright but as far as dry fly and nymph I only pull a few fish here and there. There also seems to be a lot more small mouth down that way now!

I've only been fishing the creek since Feb 2011 (moved to GR last August) I have caught trout every month since, even some right in town. The farther i get from town the warmer the water gets and the more smallies i catch. My best trout come from the section of creek from where Centerville creek merges and downstream about a mile or between mile 7 & 8 on the rail trail. But 5 or 6 trout is about average and 9-12 inches is average. Working buggers on cloudy days and when the water is alittle high is when I do best.

In April & May the "improved pools" near Granery road are full of stocked rainbows that take almost any nymph.

 

[glenrockonthefly]

Dryflykleese welcome to the forum, check your in box

 

[dryflyklesse]

There are a few small streams that flow in to codorus that hold some nice fish but mostly just have some little native browns

 

[Mike]

I would expect that you would do equally well within the first two miles or so upstream from Centerville Ck, unless stream conditions have gotten worse over the past 10 years. Prior to that, the time period during which I was most familiar, the stream and its wild brown trout popuation was improving substantially from Centerville Creek upstream to Railroad.

 

[dryflyklesse]

There are a lot of nice pools here and there that most people shy away from because they are either tucked back in the woods or it seems to shallow for larger trout, but for me it isn't always about getting a big one its more about the top water dry fly strike

 

[glenrockonthefly]

I have not fished upstream of town yet, have seen people fishing there and know of a few good looking spots. Still learning the creek! Hope to hook up with Dryflykleese later in Oct to learn more.

I'm just glad to be able to walk out the front door about 1/4 mile and be catching fish, also amazed at how fast the creek recovered

Thanks all