Saw One

Over the weekend I was in State College and of course fished Friday & Saturday but not Sunday in 40 mph winds. On Friday afternoon I found a small pod of fish rising in a slow riffle, took 3 of them but they were all small ( 5" - 8"), all browns, I got out of the water and looked down steam in the wide flat below and saw them, large fish pushing a good amount of water when they took the olives- wow dam how can I get to them? There is no way to get close to them, very deep and a steep bank and no way to get to them. Can't get below them the steep bank covered in snow and the wading up stream is extremely deep, I can do it if the water is in late summer levels! Yes they were on olives and eating them well but it is a watch and see exercise. One of the hardest things to do at this time is find a parking space, even the parking areas are not clear, the large one at "The Rock" was fine but aside from Paradise no parking was to be found. On both days the fish took olives well but you again would have to find them and not assume they would be where you wanted to fish. Paradise was a good bet for small nymphs but no rising fish were seen. I checked below Bellefonte but with the spring dumping a ton of water into Spring and chance to fish below town was out!
   Let's just hope and keep an good eye on the stream levels and make sure that Axeman is about 110 cfs or below to get a good fish. But go if you can, be watchful the spin and bait guys are out in full force!