dc410
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Stopped on the way home from work yesterday afternoon and fished the FFO C&R section of the Octararo Creek. I only fished for a couple hours but mainly wanted to get down into the special regulations stretch to see how some of last years rain events had changed the creek. This is one of my favorite stretches of stream with some spectacular scenery. It almost makes me feel like I am not in Lancaster County. I really enjoy the geology of this area. This stream is mainly where I learned the ropes of flyfishing when I was a teenager.
It was a bluebird day with temps reaching 70 degrees. The water temperature was 56 degrees with a very good flow. I started out nymphing with a tandem rig but quickly noticed a lot of insect activity with tan caddis, craneflies and midges coming off. The surface activity was minimal but I noticed a few rises occasionally. I switched to a size 16 CDC & Elk with a LaFontaine sparkle pupa dropped off of the bend. After seeing a fairly consistent riser down in the run below me I circled down around below and got into position to fish it upstream. A nice 12" stocked brownie came up and confidently took the CDC & Elk. My first trout on a dry in 2014! The hatch activity slowed so I switched to a dumbell eye white wooly bugger mainly as a locator fly to try to find out what areas were holding fish. I figured I could catch a few on the bugger but also locate fish as they often can't resist slashing at or chasing a bright bugger. I managed to catch another brown and two rainbows and located many other fish. Kudos to the folks who expended the time and energy to float stock this section of stream. They put some very nice fish in and really covered some turf. All in all it was a very enjoyable few hours spent on a section of stream that has always held a special place in my heart. Here are a few pics.
It was a bluebird day with temps reaching 70 degrees. The water temperature was 56 degrees with a very good flow. I started out nymphing with a tandem rig but quickly noticed a lot of insect activity with tan caddis, craneflies and midges coming off. The surface activity was minimal but I noticed a few rises occasionally. I switched to a size 16 CDC & Elk with a LaFontaine sparkle pupa dropped off of the bend. After seeing a fairly consistent riser down in the run below me I circled down around below and got into position to fish it upstream. A nice 12" stocked brownie came up and confidently took the CDC & Elk. My first trout on a dry in 2014! The hatch activity slowed so I switched to a dumbell eye white wooly bugger mainly as a locator fly to try to find out what areas were holding fish. I figured I could catch a few on the bugger but also locate fish as they often can't resist slashing at or chasing a bright bugger. I managed to catch another brown and two rainbows and located many other fish. Kudos to the folks who expended the time and energy to float stock this section of stream. They put some very nice fish in and really covered some turf. All in all it was a very enjoyable few hours spent on a section of stream that has always held a special place in my heart. Here are a few pics.
