High Water & What to DO?

Yea we all know the high water that we have had in the past few weeks gives us all fits, no where to fish, not quite the fact. If you look around you can find many smaller limestone streams to fish. One of the very best is Logan Branch, it flows between Center Hall & Bellefonte, abet it's not the most scenic locations given the old Cerro Metal plant takes a big chunk of it but it still has wonderful big brown trout, be careful some of the land owners are not nice and the railroad is not easy to stay on the bank and be safe from trespassing issues. Another good bet is Slab Cabin Run, it runs from Oak Hall to Spring Creek in Houserville, it's small but has a great trout population, check before you fish if someone has been on the water just above or below you, too small to take that kind of pressure. The section just above when it joins Spring Creek is wonderful but overgrown and it's like fishing White Deer OK if you like that style of combat fishing. Those are just two of the many smaller streams to add to your list when Penns is blown out.
  I have been using a new pair of Simms Vapor Boot with the Vaport Tread platform/4.0 mm Vibram Megagrip sole, they have been wonderful to walk in but you still need some star studs on them in order to wade safely! These dry out fast and do not become hard after the dry cycle, easy to get on and very easy to lace up- great for us old guys who can't bend over well.
  The Drake is on Penns and I'm not going anywhere close to it till it's over, just too many nuts to contend with. Plenty of great fishing after this weekend is over and all the one time wonders go home for the year. I remember guys falling down the banks just to get a small section of the creek and never picking out a fish to try for all the while casting to every rise form they saw only to not get one in a feeding cycle, it's just to madding to watch. Give me Sulphur spinners or Drunella spinners any day! Then the real fun begins, Ants, Beetles and Trico's along with our beloved Tan Caddis now that' real fishing lasting till frost!