As most of you know we are suffering from a very cold winter, well not really according to Tom Clark we are only off by .3 of a degree! I have been fishing on Spring Creek because Penns has self ice and it's just not fun to crawl over that stuff, both the midge and olive fishing has been very good but you need to find the fish because they are not rising the entire stream. Fish some nymphs in the morning then look for surface activity about 10:30 AM and if you see some insects flying around but no rising fish pack up and drive to find the risers, if you find them it only takes 3 flies to get them, #22 Grif's Gnat, #22 Black down wing midge or a #22 olive emerger, you might want to carry a few buzz balls if you see some larger midge mating clumps but this is something that we normally do not see that many of. If your cold and don't want to fish ok then check out the Global Fly Fishers web site www.globalflyfisher.com-video and look for "Fly vs Jerks" 5 part video, it's about 2 fly fishers vs. 2 plug guys in Sweden fishing for Pike and the video quality is just superb, watch it and you'll agree.
I also highly recommend the Catch Magazine site, yea it costs $12.00 a year but after you see the quality of the pictures and video you be hooked. While you are at it get the new Confulance flim "Way Points" DVD, wow it is that good, there are many others to fill the cold nights and keep you in the game.
