When a trip starts out this way....makes you wonder.
Some reason, this only made me want to tailgate him more on the way to Falling Springs Branch. Mainly because i know what kind of special stream it is and i was getting anxious.
We (Squaretail, Spectorfly, Slaymaker and Sal) the 4S's met @ the Chambersburg McDonalds before heading to the heritage area.
Once there we decided to split into 2 groups of 2 and cover more stream. Me and Squaretail went upstream. Eric and Slay went down.
It didnt take too long for these 2 knuckleheads to start their usual stuff. What was really funny was watching Chicky dig up stuff and a trout rise to what she was digging up. Dan and I found it amusing. We thought of casting to that fish but it swam away, i think chicky did well feeding the trout :lol:
The stream in this upper end is fairly shallow. Make no mistake, large trout do exist here even in the swallow weed choked stream channel. I spooked a 16-17 incher and Dan had 2 trout (both fairly large) break his clouser crayfish off. I managed 3 small trout. One was maybe 10, that i lost due to getting my rod tip tangled in the trees above me on the hook set.
Small but a jewel.
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These were the extent of the pics i took. Meanwhile in a stream section far away..................
Slay and Eric were working one of mine and Dans favorite sections. I remember this summer i took Slay to the Upper Tully. He actually commented on leaving his rod in the car and watching because he knows limestone spring creeks can be hard. I told him that if he did that he would be making a big mistake. Today Slay landed the first fish and ones of the nicest size. He is becoming a great fly angler and photographer. Enjoy some of his pics:
Eric on Falling spring
Do i see a fish? :lol:
Large dead rainbow
Loved this pic Slay!
why do people insist on doing this?
Me trying to catch a fish
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After we fished our sections, we met back up and headed down stream. This section of stream does not have very good habitat like above. However, it contains some very large trout. In a short distance we saw 4 trout and im sure 3 of them were over 20 inches. One might have been 27. The fish was huge.
Good luck sneaking up on them. Even when the extremely large fish was in front of you in clear water....you could hardly see him. Yes it was a male with a huge hook jaw, that im sure of. I think the only way to land these trout is to catch them in a different lie, or catch them on top. They were all sitting in shallow flat water.
Eric casting 🙂
You can thank the gracious landowners and the greenway for access. I love this stream just for that :-D
Me
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What is up with this christmas tree in the water? :lol: It was lit up!
Motley Crew 🙂
A muskrat!
Dan Casting to a very nice fish
Doesnt slay take great pics! I loved this one!
Scuds and sculpins! We had taked about what color the scuds in FS might be. Slay found out for us. Tan and brown.
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Dan all foggy just like our polarized glasses.
How many fish did we catch?
Needless to say the fishing was hard, as Falling Spring can be. I consider this trip a success. Why you may ask?
Friends, Dogs, a decent day and a few trout.
I heard a saying once....
Give a man a fish he eats for a day, Teach a man how to fish he eats for life.
With these SCPA limestoners im just glad we have a thing called a McFish :lol:
