Spring Creek Mid March
March 18, 2011I Spent a few hours this morning fishing Spring Creek below Fisherman’s Paradise. Tight line nymphing provided the most consistent action with Blue Wing Olive nymphs and Walt’s Worms being the most productive flies. The current discharge on Spring Creek near the Axemann gauge was 244 cubic feet per second and quickly falling. The water temperature was 47 degrees at approximately 10:30 am while the air temperature was 63 degrees, with a high for today of 70 degrees. Spring is right around the corner in Central Pennsylvania and “bug” activity has picked up drastically since last weeks cold temperatures. There were consistent midges throughout the morning and toward the noon hour I noticed an increase in Blue Wing Olive activity. Unfortunately, today was not an ideal dry fly day and the Blue Wing Olives were coming off with very little opportunity for a top feeder to get a sufficient chance at a meal. With rain in the forecast for next week some potentially very good early season dry fly action maybe found on Spring Creek. The Little Juniata, Fishing Creek and Penns Creek are falling fast and good fishing should be found on them by early next week as well. Here’s a shot of the best fish of the mornings trip. Hatch season is coming upon us fast so don’t delay booking your trips for the Spring and Summer seasons.
Tight Lines,
Bill Steudler
