Fished Valley Creek in the park from 945A - 1230P on Friday. Water low, clear and cold. A few rising to unknown bugs. Bugs in the air but could not figure out what they were. Small with blue bodies. Skunked on the fish but atleast i worked off some turkey.
Valley Creek 11/25/16 Chester County
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As far as Valley, there are and have been some BWO hatches this fall. Also, midges are present and may hatch pretty much 365 days a year.
A Griffith's gnat works as a midge imitation. I prefer a thread body midge with a wisp of CDC for the wing in a size 24 or even smaller.
Small, size 20 BWO's can be effective. I use parachute ties or CDC emerger ties most often.
For subsurface, black zebra midges work along with small Pheasant Tails and Hares Ear nymphs.
The water is really low right now, but a decent amount of rain is expected by midweek. Hopefully it will materialize and help end this dry spell.
If the water rises and clouds up, stripping streamers often works well and may even allow you to catch some of the bigger fish in Valley.
The "secret" to catching fish in Valley is not any fly pattern, it's more about not spooking the fish as well as getting a good drift when fishing dries or nymphs.
Good luck.
As far as Valley, there are and have been some BWO hatches this fall. Also, midges are present and may hatch pretty much 365 days a year.
A Griffith's gnat works as a midge imitation. I prefer a thread body midge with a wisp of CDC for the wing in a size 24 or even smaller.
Small, size 20 BWO's can be effective. I use parachute ties or CDC emerger ties most often.
For subsurface, black zebra midges work along with small Pheasant Tails and Hares Ear nymphs.
The water is really low right now, but a decent amount of rain is expected by midweek. Hopefully it will materialize and help end this dry spell.
If the water rises and clouds up, stripping streamers often works well and may even allow you to catch some of the bigger fish in Valley.
The "secret" to catching fish in Valley is not any fly pattern, it's more about not spooking the fish as well as getting a good drift when fishing dries or nymphs.
Good luck.
SurfCowboyXX
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Yeah. It probably died of a heart attack.
salvelinusfontinalis
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Certainly more common for a large brown in a heavily pressured C&R water to die of natural causes than anything else really.
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red treble hooks are hell on 'em
It is not unusual to find a large BT dead during the immediate post-spawn period. Fish of the size mentioned are typically near the end of their lives in most Pa streams. Some may recall my having mentioned a large dying BT in York City's Mill Ck that we found during a Dec. survey a few yrs ago.
