Valley Creek, Chester County, 10/2/11

[Foxgap239]

Arrived at 7AM at Bradford Bridge only to find the water high and muddy. Rain, rain, go away! Met another PAFF guy there and decided I wouldn't fish but he was going to hang around and give it a try. I decided to just check out other areas of the stream. Went above the preserve and found the water in much better shape. Slightly off color but very fishable. Water temp was 56 and weather was overcast. Started getting hits on woolly bugger but none landed. Went to nymphs and started catching fish. Called the other guy (gotta luv cell phones) and told him to come up and meet me. I had to leave by 11 but he stayed until around 2 and we both caught some nice fish. He got most of his on dry's and I got all mine on nymphs. I landed mostly small fish but my last 2 were 10" and 12". Nice fish.

 

[mtn_trout]

It sounds like you ended up having a great day. What nymph and dry fly patterns were working?

 

[Foxgap239]

Assorted midge dry's and bead head Zebra midge nymphs. And yes, met a new fishing friend and saw some really nice water. Great day on the water.

 

[FFChineseman]

I was using a dry fly rig with a size 18 tan caddis on top and a size 24 trico below it. Thanks for the water condition!

Saw some very tiny hatches like size 32 white fly right before the rain.