1 st. of the Season

Fished Spring Creek two days last week , we still saw Trico's in the late mornings and small Olives in the late afternoon both had fish rising to them, not great but good enough to keep your interest. To say the water is low is an understatement, it is very low and clear, it demands a slow and quiet approach when you get into position to cast, slow is the word. The Trico's are not strong but if you look you can find feeding fish in the quiet seams along the shore below a nice riffle, the fish are not giant but they do bend the rod. The Olives are #22-24 and come off in the later afternoon, the typical Olive pools are the ones to target, slow steady risers are the norm, and a emerger was the ticket.
  I took a walk along the new wall below the Commerce Street bridge to see how the stream looked and of course see the big fish that migrate downstream (mostly the white rainbows), there were plenty of them but I did spot "1" very large redd that held "2" very large brown trout in active spawning positions, this is the 1st of the season.
  I checked Penns on my up to State College, it is sad there is just no water in it but I did see a lot of fish up and feeding in the seam along the road side below Stan's bridge but I did not want to disturb them- stay away from Penns it is just to low. Bald Eagle has some water but those big browns are just to aware of their surrounding to let you get close in this low water, better wait till we get some more rain.