Fished Penns Creek last week and was treated to a companion who was just watching me, a mature Bald Eagle sat in a stream side tree and observed me all the while bitching at me, only when I moved upstream did it leave. I fished below Coburn, just above Stan's bridge using #12 Chez nymphs and a #18 Pheasant Tail nymph as a trailer, took fish on both and neither seemed to out fish the other. Moved upstream to the next soft riffle and it became apparent that this was sucker heaven. None of the fish were in bad post spawn shape and seemed to be on a moderate feed, more typical of mid December.
I did forget to mention last week that Spring Creek is filled with wood debris from Sandy which will help the survival of our juvenile trout for the winter. The amount of wood that is held in the stream as been shown to greatly effect small trout over the winter season, this gives them somewhere to hide and feed in peace, not worry about what flies or swims and has them on the menu. Looking at Penns I see the same debris and hope that we do not have a blow out to move this material out, the next time your out take a look at this and observe the amount of small fish using the cover. I need to take a look at Cherry Run but feel this also has received a good amount of storm debris.
I did notice that most of the Penns browns were in the softer seams and not in the mid riffle lies that we normally find them, this is a normal winter pattern and will become more of a factor as the water cools. For now lets leave them alone and have a good holiday season with our families.
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