It all metled

Gees our hope for a slow melt and a steady water supply went out the window, it is all gone up here on the hill! Hopefully the rain that we see in the forecast will recharge the water table better than the snow has, we need a good supply for the critical time that in the past years we have not had, the May/early June period is most important to our resource. Let us hope for the best. I have had reports of really good #20/22 black midge surface fishing over the last week on Spring Creek, my gut tells me that some of the same conditions will exist on Big Fishing Creek but it may take some time to find the correct spot, drive up the creek and stop and look for a good while till you see the rise forms. When the fish are taking midges you will need to determine what stage they are eating, subsurface suspended pupa, surface emergers or adults, we do not typically see the large mating balls that they see in the West, they use "buzz balls" for this, we see maybe a pare mating. Any good midge pattern will work well if it is the correct size and it floats right. This is not a perfect pattern fishing adventure, get the color and shape correct BUT make sure it floats like a natural "NO DRAG" at all. If your fishing subsurface a little slight drag may be what is needed for them to strike but most times everything it dead drift.
  If your going to Penns be very careful with any attempt to wade, cold and high water in a toxic mix, you do not last long if you fall in or get swept off your feet, if you make it out it is a long and cold walk to your car or truck in wet cloths. Streamers that get down to the bottom or large weighted nymphs will work but slow and easy is the name of the game.
  Be careful if you go.
Watched a cool Youtube video of some young fellow nymph fishing Big Fishing Creek in early March, wow he did a great job with the browns there, looks as if he took most of his fish on a different looking hare's ear, look very dark with a robust trail on it. He did tie on a streamer and dangled it in a log jam and had a really extra large brown come out a munch it, I know exactly where the log jam is and it would be a bitch to land this guy. I was told about this fish a few years ago when a buddy of mine saw it, maybe I need to go and check it out. We have in the past seen a few New Zealand fish in this stream during the spawn season but they are just so dam tuned into their environment that it is hard to get them to eat most of the time, maybe I need to try some mice late in the evening this summer?