Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Another Year I Fished on The First Day of Deer Season

Ok I know this is a dumb thing to do but I had to got to State College and did not want to let that go without getting my hands smelly. Delivered Birthday gifts to our Granddaughter and Son In Law early and decided to look for rising fish even if it was a bit early, so I drove from the top of Spring Creek to the bottom stopping at known locations that usually have some fish up but it was a bit early in the day and still cold, well as soon as I arrived, below the bridge in Milesburg I could see them first one then more, slow steady rising fish and some looked to move a good amount of water. I pulled onto the street and changed into my double layer of capalene long underwear and my waders but I used a bright red jacket on the outside for deer hunter protection even if I was in the limits of Milesburg! You have to get into the stream well downstream and ease your way upstream at the same time looking for rising fish on the road side of the stream, there were 3 on the way up, all fell for a well placed #20 Grif's Gnat, get the float right and they ate, made it to the bottom of the pool below the bridge and spent the next hour and a half catching and then waiting for another rise to show then repeating the same action over and over, some nice fish and some small ones but "no one else around", no gun fire  the only negative was the cold which is made worse because your not moving much, time to wade down stream, some jerk has posted his land where we used to get out and any area near is just to steep or covered with thick brush making it hard to get out, wading upstream is not an option unless you can float! All in all not a bad little fish, this is one that you can count on about every day and it gets better as the day warms up.

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