Spot Burning...Gim me a break

[Alpabuck]

jayL wrote:
I would imagine it was similar to penns hatch-wise.

Or similar to the Delaware!

 

[pcray1231]

Probably not quite the diversity of Penns, which has I don't know how many hundred species of mayflies. But yeah, the big hatches were probably similar. I'd expect it had very strong MB and GD hatches to add the sulfurs, BWO's, and tricos of today. Not sure if it was ever strong in the grannoms, stones, slate drakes, and the like, but I don't know that it wasn't either.

 

[troutslammer]

a friend of mine that is a retired fly shop owner and now works part time at a local sporting goods store told me he fished spring creek before the degradation and he said most people wore face nets to fish because the bugs were so bad , he also said many nights he had to run his windshield wipers to clear the sulfurs off the windshield driving home on spring creek road , he has a picture of a 29 " brown he caught when there used to be a island below the paradise ,

 

[MattBoyer]

MattBoyer wrote:

afishinado wrote:

Susquehanna salmon = shad?

I've seen this reference regarding Swatara Creek, and that is the best I can figure out.

Perch-Pike = walleye?

According to "Fishing with Ray Bergman", this is correct.

Boyer

Haha, I just read another chapter in "Fishing with Ray" and he calls Walleye Susquehanna Salmon. Same answer, different region, I guess.

Boyer

 

[RLeep2]

>>Haha, I just read another chapter in "Fishing with Ray" and he calls Walleye Susquehanna Salmon. Same answer, different region, I guess.>>

There was an old guy who worked in the copper mill in Erie with my Dad back in the 40's and 50's. He was originally from around Selinsgrove. He always referred to walleye as "Susquehanna Salmon".