Yellow Breeches, Cumberland County, 18 Sept. 07

[buffalo]

Went to the Breeches at Allenberry yesterday from around 330 'till 645. Thought is was gonna be a bust ‘cause the water was off color from some work being done on a dam up stream. They didn’t want any dries and couldn’t hook up with wets either. But thank you (again) Mr. Shenk your white minnow saved the day, caught over a dozen nice browns in the riffs below the dam. I would much rather fish drys or nymph/wets so kept hoping the water would clear. Finally around 6 a hatch of midges started to bring some trout to the surface and I managed a couple more browns on a Trico.
Only saw one other guy on the stream.
Great fish!
Buffalo

 

[Squaretail]

Thats the 3rd reason I've heard now for the muddy water. 1st was the bridge construction, then it was a farm they've had trouble with in the past, and now dam construction? Hope all 3 arent going on.
Figgers, just when the Breeches was finally showing some action this year.

 

[tomgamber]

buffalo wrote:

Only saw one other guy on the stream.

Buffalo

Maybe it was this guy.

 

[Squaretail]

Last time I was there my buddy Gasper-goo reached down and scooped up this multiple year holdover. Somewhere over 20" you could see the marks from a herons beak on him although you cant see it here except for his eye.
Thank goodness those herons are protected as I've only saw possibly 3000 of them this year. Mostly at hatcheries and spec. reg waters. At Tylersville hatchery last weekend I spooked 9 of them and what looked like an osprey when I walked down the road. No nets and free reign of the trout? Guess its better than eating wild trout but I'm sure they're a little harder for them to catch as it is for us.