As spring gets closer with each passing day I start to ponder what the year in fly fishing will bring. Will all of my reading in the off season make me a better fly fisherman or will I just be even more confused when things don’t happen the way they are supposed to? Will my increased knowledge of the sport equate to more success on the water or just a more sophisticated vocabulary? Will my improved tying skills help me tie flies that are irresistible to trout or will I just have a prettier fly box? Will the weather provide us with perfect water levels and temperatures from spring to autumn or will it give us a dizzying array of highs and lows in traditional Central Pennsylvania fashion. These are all good questions but for me the most exciting thing is thinking about all of the different water I will fish the coming year.
A Few Favorites
Spring Creek for BWO’s
Early Stone Flies on First Fork Sinnemahoning
Black Moshannon – Hendricksons / Red Quill
Sulphurs on Spring Creek – Somehow I missed it last year
Little Juniata - Barree Stretch - It will be two years since I fished this stretch!
Penn’s Green Drakes – Coburn to Poe Paddy - does it get any better?
Pine Creek – Brown Drakes – Slate Run area - just caught tail end of it last year
March Browns on Kettle Creek
Fishing Creek Sulphurs
West Branch Susquehanna (Curwensville Clearfield) - Cahills
The “To Do” List
Penn’s Creek Catch and Release - Grannoms and Hendricksons
Little Pine Creek
Loyalsock Creek
Clarion River
Bald Eagle Creek - South
Upper Kettle Creek Tributaries
Fishing Creek – Green Drakes
Pine Creek - Canyon Section
Spring Creek – Tricos
Spruce Creek – Penn State section
What am I missing? What is your favorite hatch or water to fish?
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4 comments:
I like to fish the clarion river around memorial day. I like the section below clear creek. Some of the best dry fly fishing I have ever had. (Big flies)
I have been hearing a lot of good things about the Clarion and have been trying to make a trip there for the last couple years. What stretch is the best to fish?
I fish it several places but catch the most fish below where clear creek dumps in. I catch the biggest fish above ridgeway. lots of 20+ up there
Thanks Duane,
I will definately be giving it a shot this year
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