swatara creek lebanon co 6-24-12

[brain]

i just had my best day ever on the creek.
i was on the water by 8am at the lastest. water tenp was 74* air was low 60s at the start. the water was near crystal clear.
everything was just perfect, air temp, humidity, peace and quiet, not another soul in sight.
and the fish treated me with favor as well. everything from 2" panfish to 14" fallfish. i caught more rockbass than i have seen in years. if ever there was a day i wished i had taken a camera with, today was it. one rockbass, although not that big, was almost completely black on his bottom. the largest redeye caught was all but 10",several hand sized blueguills came out to play as well. no idea about numbers caught, but i left after the last 14" fallfish, my arm was starting to get sore....
now i have had good days on the creek before, but this one is going down as the best day evar.

 

[Swattie87]

Yeah, she treated me well yesterday as well. And yes, we'll have to meet up and fish some time.

 

[jkilroy]

That's good, any smallies?

 

[brain]

I only caught one bass, but saw quite a few of them. Everything from small to holy crap what the Hell was that. If things go well ill be out this evening.

 

[Swattie87]

Was driving home from the Hummelstown area last Saturday around 7:30 in the evening and saw a guy fly fishing between the Main St. bridge and the 322 bridge...behind Hoss's basically. First time I ever saw anyone else fishing that stretch, nonetheless fly fishing...I used to live within walking distance of there and fished it a good bit from 2005-2008. Anyone on here by chance?

 

[brain]

Not it.
I run around palmyra and points north towards jtown.

 

[The_Sasquatch]

Tim Robinsin and I are headed up that way tomorrow.

 

[Swattie87]

Very cool Squatch...would love to meet you guys out there, but I got a pretty busy day. Shoot me a PM if you want any advice on locales.

 

[brain]

i'm hoping to be on the water by 8am tomorrow.

 

[brain]

another banner morning.
it most have stormed north of lebanon last night as the level was slightly up and although it was clean, it was not as clear as it could be. the largest catches this morning were blue guills however several small mouths were handled as well. the rock bass were out in force and several nice examples were struck.
this year on the creek is shaping up nicely so far.