Downingtown is my second home around the holidays because wifes parents live there. If not for catching COVID id have been there in a few days for turkey day. Could do a day after Christmas on the east branch then coffee cup in-town for worlds best scrapple. Swinging/nymphing for fal fish; redbreasts and small winter smallies that hang around can be fun on the east branch.
Ocelots are proud creatures, they prefer to hunt alone.
I'd love to swing with ya at some point man. I've read your posts on stocked trout and your love of the natives and I don't think any one on here is as passionate about true conservatism as you, even though we both know the struggle having to go against our own PFBC in order to truly preserve nature is a battle that cannot be easily won. This isn't some weird sarcasm, just a little honest love. I'm sure if we fished we'd crack jokes at stockers and the people that target them. You're the kind of guy I'd get smashed with BEFORE hitting the creek for banter purposes.
Haha we will have to go out on the brandy wine sometime when i am down there. Lots of good food around and good craft beer too. I don’t look down at people who target stockers but I know what ya mean, the “fish” themselves are hilarious. Many just don’t know whats beyond the white truck and I don’t fault em for that like you mentioned PFBC has very effective social entrainment. I do target them myself for litter removal/dinner where legal to do so if there are native brook trout, hellbenders, or darter species. Pm me contact info and next time I’m in the area we will have to wet a line and go to victory or something.
We should get a winter event set up. I would still recommend Tully as there is a lot of space for everyone and I know that stream well even though I have only fished it once this year. Not my favorite creek, but it is a good one to fish. I actually enjoy fishing it in winter with snow, patiently waiting for that tug of a truly massive... white sucker!
I went out on the Gunpowder over the weekend and hooked into some big suckers that I was hoping were trout. But any fish on the hook is better than no fish.
I do fish there occasionally, quite frequently when it is stocked. I know of some good runs where the white truck chasers ignore, or maybe it is too far of a walk from the parking lot. Got to get dem trout to tha cooler Hoss! I don't favor that creek too much as most of it is flat water with not as many pools and runs as I'd like. It's pretty boring but makes for a nice after work jaunt.
Yea thats exactly how the stream is. You ever go below town for smallies or up towards glenmoore?
Theres a video on youtube of them eating rainbows right after a stocking there lol
