flyfishindave
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spring creek
hey fellow fishernen are there any tricos left on spring creek or any blue winged olives starting on spring or the little j just got home from alaska & about next week will be ready to fish again & how are the water levels, also is the dam at milesberg gone & how did it affect the lower part of spring creek.
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fishinpitt
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/14 13:45:38
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I think the tricos are winding down. I went out last week in the morning and seen a few, but no where near what there was a month ago. I checked Spring out last night at milesburg and the water is a chalky grey color. It looks terrible. I would have thought the run off from the dam removal would have been done by now but I guess not. I would imagine these conditions must be hard on the fish. I then moved up and fished a couple bridges below Talleyrand and they had Spring creek diverted over into gambles mill run. The water was roaring behind gambles mills, and spring creek was incredibly low until the point where gambles mill dumped in. I really hope that all of this work that is being done doesn't kill a bunch of fish. -Pat
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/14 21:07:46
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The dam is gone. They are smoothing out the banks now, as fishing pit said, water clarity below is horrible, unfishable. The upper part by your camp is choked full of grass, nymphing is virtually impossible. Dan and I fished it the other day. He did pretty well on a beetle, there are some of those small bwo(24) coming off and the fish are key'd in on them. I most likely wont fish it again till we get high water and blow some of that grass out. Its really terrible. Thank god archery season is two weeks away. Dave, drop me an email, need to tell you something.
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/15 11:59:58
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ORIGINAL: jlh42581 The dam is gone. They are smoothing out the banks now, as fishing pit said, water clarity below is horrible, unfishable. The upper part by your camp is choked full of grass, nymphing is virtually impossible. Dan and I fished it the other day. He did pretty well on a beetle, there are some of those small bwo(24) coming off and the fish are key'd in on them. I most likely wont fish it again till we get high water and blow some of that grass out. Its really terrible. Thank god archery season is two weeks away. Dave, drop me an email, need to tell you something. J, I'm fishing it tonight after my open house is over. Call/email me if you are interested. If you dont go, I will help Silverwype run over your buck.
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/15 12:10:44
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Hey Drake! Will be up in the Area between the PSA picnic and the One Fly. Any chance of getting together for some fishing? Or will you be out busting Bambi. e-mail me at: hemilovr at hotmail.com
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/15 12:48:57
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Yeah, i'm always up for fishing. I usually have open house on the weekends til around 5pm. So, evenings are good for me.
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/16 18:26:13
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Duncsdad Everything I say can be fully substantiated by my own opinion
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flyfishindave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/17 06:40:13
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alaska was great & the fishing was good but the silver salmon were not there in most streams this year, we did catch some silvers but the salt run stealhead fresh from the salt was great, had some great days fishing for them & the rainbow fishing was super once I found the secret, alaska has been in a drought all summer & the rivers were wery low, the russian river is the lowest it has been since 1987, but you could still catch dollies & rainbows & also caught artic char,when I find out how to do it I will post some great pictures. jeremy send me a e-mail I do not have your e-mail address mine is flyfishindave@ hoymail.com
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/17 08:45:42
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sorry jeremy it is hotmail.com Dave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/18 12:33:27
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Dave, Where did you fish in Alaska. I'm trying to plan a trip for my grandfather and I'm having a hard time finding anything reasonable priced. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Pat
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/18 12:51:46
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Fishinpitt, You wanna hook up one of these days and fish either spring or the little J. Been along time since I fished with you. Chris from UPJ if you didnt know(im sure you didnt). I now live in the area here and it seems you do too. Let me know if your interested. Chris
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flyfishindave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/18 17:12:37
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fishinpitt I did the trip on my own, we first rented a cabin on the keni & it was okay but the last 10 days rented a motor home & that was great campground on every stream & did not have to travel every day. With the cabin we spent at least 3 hours a day driving & the car rental was close in price to the motor home. If you are close to state college we could fish spring creek some sunday & go to camp ( that I have on spring creek) & I can show you the info that I have on streams & flies & pictures & the books that are a great help, let me know Dave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/18 17:17:58
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jeremy thanks for the info if I get to go I will let you know with archery season it may be tough to go to much after 20 days in alaska my honey do list is lo------ng if you know what I mean Dave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/19 07:23:02
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Sounds great Dave. Let me know when you are free to fish Spring Creek and I'll check my schedule. I live about 10 minutes from Spring Creek so it wouldn't be a problem. I also know where your camp is, Terry and I stopped once.
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flyfishindave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/19 21:23:08
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pat I will be at camp this sunday if you can go, let me know by friday if you can Dave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/22 17:23:30
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Dave, Sorry I just saw your message now. This Sunday I will be able to go but probably just in the evening. If you happen to see this let me know if you can go then, and where you want to go. -Pat
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/22 21:37:13
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Pat I will be at camp & I will stay around camp till about 5:30 pm if you can go let me know tonight if possible, I will check the boards at 5:00 am when I get up in the morning before I leave for camp Dave
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/23 21:53:04
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Hey Pat: I moved to Harrisburg, state college is only 1.5 hours away. Went to a TU conference this weekend and fished spring creek. Did well, seemed to be a decent number of fish regardless of the low conditions. Hope to see you on the streams AL
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/24 18:29:46
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ORIGINAL: albud1962 Hey Pat: I moved to Harrisburg, state college is only 1.5 hours away. Went to a TU conference this weekend and fished spring creek. Did well, seemed to be a decent number of fish regardless of the low conditions. Hope to see you on the streams AL Hey Al- give me a shout if you ever want to wet a line. I reside in Carlisle and there are Trout to be found near by so I've heard......
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/25 18:10:10
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Chris, Hey hows it going? Sorry I just saw your post now. I currently live in Zion which is a couple minutes from Bellefonte. What's your email address? Email me your cell number, I lost all of my numbers a year or two back by dropping my phone in the stream. We will have to make some trips up to erie this year. I was up last weekend and we did pretty well. Ben Lorson from UPJ also lives up here. He is going to grad school at PSU. We will have to hit spring and the little J up too. -Pat
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/25 18:10:53
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/25 18:13:38
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Al, Hey how's it going? We'll have to do some fishing soon. Let me know next time you are in the State College area. I'd like to head out your way sometime and fishing the susquehanna for smallmouths too. Keep in touch, Pat
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/25 18:19:18
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Dave, Thanks for all of the info. I really appreciate, I'm probably going to go the route you did. I plan to spend most of this winter researching the trip. So whats the remark in your notes about PA fisherman not being able to handle alaskan rivers??? HAHA. How did you end up doing on Spring this weekend. Thanks, Pat
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RE: spring creek
2007/09/25 19:54:51
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Pat that is what happens when your note book is lying around & your nephews find it they thought that was great to write in my notes, if you need any help call me Dave
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