DoctorWater15
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- Dec 8, 2016
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After a hiatus of living out of state for a bit and then being busy with work after moving back last year, I'm pleased to be back and to have some more time to fish around the state!
I had the pleasure of fishing the Fisherman's Paradise section of Spring Creek for a few hours while making the trek up north to fish. I fished the wadeable section just upstream from about 1PM to 5:30PM. Weather was cold (45F) outside and overcast with a little wind here and there. I fished about a mile of stream, up to the first bridge.
Water temperature was 52F, and was that clear green I expect of many of our central PA limestone spring creeks. Flows were about 85-90cfs on the Axemann gauge.
I didn't see much bug activity or hatches, but that's likely due to the cold snap we had experienced.
I caught 5 fish, all tightlining (or euro nymphing, high-sticking, or whatever other names it has) through the likely holding spots. All fish were found in the slower riffled sections just where the green hue takes over and you can't see the bottom. All fish were in the 8-12in range. All but one were caught on a size 16 jigged Walt's worm with a brown collar. The last fish was caught on a size 16 quill perdition.
It was quite a pleasant fishing trip since as I got there, a few other anglers were leaving, and I didn't see anyone else fishing until I was walking out, when a few were gearing up the parking lot. Seemed like a rare treat to have that section all to myself for four hours. A good start to the trip!
I had the pleasure of fishing the Fisherman's Paradise section of Spring Creek for a few hours while making the trek up north to fish. I fished the wadeable section just upstream from about 1PM to 5:30PM. Weather was cold (45F) outside and overcast with a little wind here and there. I fished about a mile of stream, up to the first bridge.
Water temperature was 52F, and was that clear green I expect of many of our central PA limestone spring creeks. Flows were about 85-90cfs on the Axemann gauge.
I didn't see much bug activity or hatches, but that's likely due to the cold snap we had experienced.
I caught 5 fish, all tightlining (or euro nymphing, high-sticking, or whatever other names it has) through the likely holding spots. All fish were found in the slower riffled sections just where the green hue takes over and you can't see the bottom. All fish were in the 8-12in range. All but one were caught on a size 16 jigged Walt's worm with a brown collar. The last fish was caught on a size 16 quill perdition.
It was quite a pleasant fishing trip since as I got there, a few other anglers were leaving, and I didn't see anyone else fishing until I was walking out, when a few were gearing up the parking lot. Seemed like a rare treat to have that section all to myself for four hours. A good start to the trip!
