For the first time ever, I drove down Owasse Road to the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only (DHALO) section of Pine Creek in the PA Grand Canyon and encountered no other vehicles parked along the stream. Moreover, after tugging on my waders and stringing up my rod, I pushed through the foliage to the […]
Finicky Trout and BWOs: Matching the Evening Hatch on Pine Creek Read More »
Many streams across the country have been running at historically low levels the past two years, and with lower water comes certain challenges. Low, clear water can make trout more selective, spooky, and harder to approach, but not impossible to catch. Here are six tactics I use to continue catching trout in these types of
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Recently, I was in Bradford County for business and found myself with an evening to explore local waters. Bradford County is a part of Pennsylvania often referred to as the Endless Mountains, and if you’ve ever driven through here, you know why, but they’re a different kind of mountains than you might find in
Journey Through the Endless Mountains: Fishing Towanda Creek Read More »
West Branch Pine Creek is a 17-mile tributary of Big Pine Creek in Potter County. The stream begins just east of Cherry Springs State Park, and West Branch Road closely follows the stream from its headwaters clear to where it joins with Pine to form Berger Lake in Galeton. The past year or so,
The Other Pine Creek: Fly Fishing West Branch Pine Creek Read More »
Back in March, I met my friend Justin Leidy on a local Class A stream. I met Justin last fall when he contacted me through this website and we soon began texting regularly about all things outdoors. I could tell through conversation that he was a talented fly fisher, and although this was the
5 Lessons Learned from Watching Others Fish Read More »
How much time does it take to make a difference? That’s a question I asked myself after my wife Natalie, our two kids, and I piled up four bags of trash and an old bed spring at a pull-off along Little Kettle Creek in a little over an hour. It was a small thing,
Cleaning Up (Literally) Along Little Kettle Creek Read More »
Heading down PA 144 past Ole Bull State Park, I could barely control my excitement. It was shortly after noon on a beautiful day, and it just felt like the trout in Kettle Creek would be hungry! Kettle Creek is a 43-mile tributary of the Susquehanna River. It has a long history of great fishing,
Fishing and Life: An Afternoon on Kettle Creek Read More »
The sunshine got the best of me and I had no choice but to leave work early and head down the First Fork Valley. I got suited up and made my first cast a little before one o’clock, noticing that a few Blue Quills were coming off. Not enough to get excited about, though,
Fishing First Fork Before, During, and After a Blue Quill Hatch Read More »
Broken fly rods are a fact of life, and sooner or later, everyone gets to enjoy the experience of having one of their prized possessions journey to the other side. It doesn’t matter how much you paid for the rod, either. Over 30 years of fly fishing, I’ve owned and used a number of
The Broken Fly Rod Blues…and How to Fix Them Read More »
Two of the stream guides that have only been available as digital downloads are now available in paperback in the online store. First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek and its Tributaries and Fly Fishing the Oil Creek Region have both been updated and expanded for these prints runs to include the most thorough information found anywhere
Two Stream Guides Now in Print! Read More »
