mjkraw
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- Aug 11, 2014
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Me and 2 buddies decided to make the long drive out to Spring Creek, as our local creeks (Neshannock, Slippery Rock) were still too high and muddy from all the recent rain. We got to Milesburg around 7:30, temp was not quite 70. We started out along 150, fishing our way down towards the Kwik Fill. Water temps right around 60. We started getting action right away, black fb hares ears and green weenies working well. My friend Craig had a very nice rainbow on, but it spit the hook after a few aerial shakes. We only saw 1 other fisherman the entire time on this stretch, which I found surprising. We decided to move downstream around 10. We parked next to the water plant, and my 2 friends started out a little up stream. I decided to move down stream towards deeper water. My first few casts...nothing. I threw on another split shot, first cast...wham! My rod instantly folded in half. My joy was short lived, as it broke my 6X off and then jumped straight out of the water (I could see the green weenie in his mouth)...a monster brown. I knew it was big from how quickly my rod bent, but I really wish it would have never jumped out of the water for me to see him. Easily would have been my largest of the year. We all have those stories, but man this one is going to haunt me for a long time. We stopped back at this hole before we left to give it another shot, and I hooked up again w a large fish, I thought holy sh*t the fishing gods are giving me a 2nd chance! Fought hard, and after a few minutes I was able to land it...a nice fat 17" sucker...oh well no complaints. We all caught a handful of nice wild browns, it was a great day. Well worth the 2.5hr drive.
