STELHEAD INFO.

I WAS WANTING TO MAKE A TRIP UP TOMORROW. CAN ANYBODY GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON THE CREEK CONDITIONS ? DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH THE TRIP ? I LIVE 40 MILES SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. ANY INFO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.             
                                              THANKS, JIM

AHHHH... I'M HAVING A SCREEN NAME IDENTITY CRISIS.

ORIGINAL: 6point7

AHHHH... I'M HAVING A SCREEN NAME IDENTITY CRISIS.

Well, duh! There's a cat on your head!

It should be good unless we get a ton of rain tonight and tomorrow. Check the weather even though thats not always right, check the gauges and hope for the best.

was up today , fished walnut , only saw 2 fish caught from 11:00 am till 3:00 pm , heard from a couple guys that the bite wasn't much better in the early am , lower elk from what i was told is still pretty brown. there aren't near the number of steel in walnut as what other people have stated on here , and 3 or so other people fly fishing said the same thing . the water was off color but in most places you could see bottom ! if they get a bunch of rain , the east side might be better

ORIGINAL: pa7point

I WAS WANTING TO MAKE A TRIP UP TOMORROW.  DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH THE TRIP ?             
                                             THANKS, JIM

you'll have to define what makes it "worth it" to "you" first.


If no rain, the creeks will be fishable, though

..L.T.A.

Fished a few creeks the other day....like a previous poster stated, there are not as many fish in the creeks as others may have said. The rains helped bring the water level up,  but that does not necessarly mean that thousands of fish came in. Its only October 1st....the main runs won't be comming in for a few more weeks at the earliest. If you have the urge to go out go for it, but if you think the fish are stacked, I will tell you that they are not.

save your gas and wait acouple weeks for some more rain and colder temps... unless you wanna fish shoulder to shoulder

If you read the WCO report Wednesday, he said that current lake temps are 65.  Gettin' better, but not quite prime yet.  I think many anglers - myself included - have a false hope that big rains in late Sept./early Oct. will bring in all the fish.  But, from my experience, I'd say that lake temp is at least - if not more - important than big rains for bringing in big numbers. 
 
Another thing to consider.  All these reports from the past few weeks about fish stacked in the lower tribs only means that "all those fish" that were stacked are now very well spread out.  So it's kind of laughable to hear you guys say, "There's not as many fish as they said," when in reality there are certainly more this week, but just starting to spread out. 

when you dont see people fishing in shorts and tshirts.....

steelhead will and do move in and out of the tribs , wespecially at night , what was there one day might not necessarily mean they are there now

Wrong...Wrong...Wrong^^^

I see infection in the future.

those won't get infected because they aren't left in for long. :) they are only meant to hang from for a little while.
suspension for some people  isn't all in fun and they don't look at that as playing around, they are all about the spiritual aspect.

ORIGINAL: genieman77

ORIGINAL: FisherChic

those won't get infected because they aren't left in for long. :) they are only meant to hang from for a little while.
suspension for some people  isn't all in fun and they don't look at that as playing around, they are all about the spiritual aspect.

"spiritual aspect"?!?!?!?!

Sister, there  ain't nothing spiritual about putting the  body into the first stages of shock...

..L.T.A.

hey, that's what they say. don't ask me to explain it, I'm not into that
I can think of worse ways that people have put their bodies into the first stages of shock lol