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Fishing
Creek - Clinton County, PA (Page 3 of 3)
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Continued (from Charles R. Meck - Pennsylvania Trout Streams and Thier Hatches - 2nd Edition):
Therefore, even though this stream contains a great hatch of a given species, it's important to know just where that hatch occurs. Often the least productive section is that area just above Mackeyville where much of the stream moves underground in July and August.
Fishing Creek has a dependable Hendrickson hatch in the Narrows. For years this hatch had annoyed me because it appears often before the first week of the season, well ahead of its normal appearance on other local streams, and also becuase the body color of the local Hendrickson is much darker than that of other Hendricksons. The species has since been identified as a subspecies of the true Hendrickson.
The tributaries of Fishing Creek produce adequate hatches and harbor some large streambred trout. Cedar Run near Mill Hall has some Sulphurs and Tricos and a healthy population of streambred browns. Much of the stream is posted, however. Ask permission on this small limestone stream before fishing. Little Fishing Creek, which enters the main stem at Lamar, is heavily stocked by the state and holds a decent trout population all season. Little Fishing is a typical meadow limestone stream. If you were a gambler, you'd be that the stream contains a heavy Trico hatch. It should, but it doesn't. There have been reports that this stream does hold some Green Drakes. Cherry Run, which enters in the narrows section, is lined much of the way with rhododendrons, making it difficult to fly fish, but it does contain some large trout.
Wading in much of the Narrows can be dangerous. The stream is filed with large rocks and boulders, and the bottom is uneven. The Narrows also has many deep pools and productive riffles. PA 64 crosses Fishing Creek at Lamar and numerous secondary roads take you within walking distance above and below.
You can spend weeks on Fishing Creek and still not know the true character of the stream. Try it almost any time of the year, and you will be impressed with the quality of the stream, the quantity of the hatches, and most of all with the trout population.
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| See the Hatch Chart and Stream Maps for more information on Fishing Creek hatches as well as best times and places to fish. Also, please visit Charles R. Meck at (charlesmeck.com) and look at his great selection of fly fishing books and his current schedule of appearances, book signings and educational events.
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