Nov. 13, 2014

Our Granddaughter wanted to come home and spend the weekend with us to help us remember Trico so I decided to go to State College one day early and stay over and fish! Thursday morning was overcast and about 38 just about perfect, I checked out some of my favorite spots and did not find any rising fish that early but I did see some very large spawning fish and a ton of redds in Spring Creek, I even checked Bald Eagle below the Milesburg bridge- no rising fish. I took a chance and drove up the dirt road from the "shit plant" to the kayak hole and guess what rising fish all along the railroad tracks, #24 Black down winged midges or a Griffins Gnat did the trick on them, some of the fish were inches off the bank and some of them were very nice colored up fish, it is amazing to see how may fish do not spawn with the rest of the population. As I worked my way to the tail out I spied 5 huge redds and took a look at the residents that were in them, at least 4 of the females were well over 18" and maybe over 20", where the hell are they during a hatch? It was about lunch time so I decide to fish a good Olive spot after Sheetz hot dogs. Of course I slammed the GD car door on my right index finger as I parked for my lunch! I decided to fish the Willow hole above Hartles Bridge because of the amount of rising fish I was seeing, #22/24 Olives were coming off, so I put on my outerwear and was ready, this time I slammed the trunk on my keys but was able to push the button to unlock it! The fish rose till 3:30 and some rises were heavy and some just sips, noticed that the wind would catch some duns and make them move fast on the surface the results were great splashy rises while others were sips all you had to do is play to the music that was before you- what a nice way to spend a day, midges & olives it what Fall & Winter is all about. This week will bring more of the same but please stay out of the spawing beds.