Saturday night I fished Penns Creek in the Coburn area to make sure the Olive spinners were on and all is right with the world, well they are and world is right. The spinner fall really did not get started till about 6:45- 7:00 PM a bit on the late side. In a 40 yard area there we at least 30 trout activley feeding. The conditions could not have been better, water volume and tempearture are perfect, air temperature was perfect in the hight 70's to low 80's, birds were active but so were the cabin people and that road was a busy as it always is, not really sure were all those cars are going to! The trout were picky but catchable, saw a lot of spinners still beating their wings (females trying to expell their egg mass), hard to imitate it, name of the game is rhythem, get them timed and make a cast. Took a good amount of fish but only found one good on that I hooked and after a clear the water jump and head shake- gone! The event was over by 8:30PM, time to go, did see a fair number of light cahills and very large stoneflies become active. Some of the takes on the stoneflies in the riffles were violent and impressive but with no large patterns and not really wanting to cut my leader back, I just watched. Fellows you have at least 3 weeks of Drunella spinner active falls in the evening and a good morning hatch. Look for the small Olives around the 4th of July if we have cloudy days, the trout key on them and really but on the feed bag. Ant and beetle actively will beging to heat up.
For a side adventure walk the old railroad bed and look for the wood turtles that are actively laying their eggs, it is a wonderful sight to see. I'll also try to get a picture that a friend took of 2 rat snakes mating and post it.
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