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My buddy Charlie (aka, "Chaz") & I were back again in the Mahoning Valley, checking out different places on the Pohopoco Creek on Labor Day. We fished a small section not far from Gilbert, PA, but didn't have too much luck. Another spot a few miles down the road seemed very promising: a good number of decent sized trout lurking in the shadows of one hole convinced us both that finally, we had found the "honey hole." These shadowy figures were put on edge a bit as Chaz did his best to slip into the water & work a drift through the hole. His position was good; he was out of sight under a tree. He had a tandem rig of a deer hair caddis with a small beadhead nymph trailer that he cast slightly upstream, trying to get a good drift. I served as spotter from above at the bridge & tried to get him to get the right presentation, as he had done for me earlier. Suddenly, Chaz noticed a posted sign, & we got out of there.
The next spot was an area near Rt. 209, right off of Pohopoco Road, that rumbles its way down along Rt. 209, on its way towards the Lehigh River. Good nymphing water, the water was at optimal temps (52 degrees), running too high & too fast, due to a dam release from Beltzville Lake. Not quite sure why. For more on this, check out "Fly Fish PA" link & look at Stream report dated September 2. I will definitely check out this spot again. The hole at the junction with the Lehigh looked pretty good, but it was midday-not a good time to wet a line. At least our research was completed.
All in all, a better day fishing than catching.
1 comment:
How come you didn't mention that we actually CAUGHT some fish? Ok, ok...so they were fry. At least we were not skunked.
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