Ekaufee17
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slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
anyone have any tips for fishing there this time of year? i live on the banks of lake arthur, so i never really fish anywhere else. ive been getting an itch to try new places recently though, with creeks and rivers being the most itchiest! thanks guys!
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/28 15:14:43
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plenty of smallmouth to be had in the slippery rock.
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/28 15:55:07
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Very cool looking place in the canyon area. Well worth exploring. I've done well on clouser crayfish, with smallmouth and trout. I caught my first trout on a dry fly there too. I haven't fished it in a few years, but doubt it has changed too much. Just be careful of posted property if you leave the park area.
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/28 16:06:29
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Nice area where M/C meets the Rock also near Ellwood City , Conney/Rock/Beaver.
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 00:00:59
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theres some sort of fall hatch during the evenings, thick as soup down there, it may have come and gone but just drift any white dry fly at dusk
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 08:48:14
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Just be careful, its not called the slippery rock for nothing.....Anyone know the actual history of the name and why its called that??
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 09:18:13
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oil seeps on the rocks along the stream bank
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 09:29:16
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It comes from the Seneca Indians. They called it Wechachochapohka....a slippery rock. Legend has it they were chasing soldiers across the creek in Colonial times. The soldiers made it across the creek in their heavy boots but the Indians slipped in their moccasins.
You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 11:55:29
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Heard & read dif. stories about it but the Black Gold Rush makes the most sense to me  crappy
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 14:37:10
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Never heard that one but I have seen a few spots where I can see that it looks that way.I think Oil Creek is way more slippery.
You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 15:35:49
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I personally don't think SRC is any more slippery than Yellow Creek in Indiana County. I have taken way more swims in that creek, but also fished that creek a lot more. I just figured that it was some sort of aquatic slime that was in a lot of the WPA creeks.
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 17:07:08
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I knew the town was named for one exceptionally slick rock but so was the crick. The rock is below the Armstrong Bridge & had a natural oil seep over it. It is believed that a Indian trail forded at at a shelf ov sandstone near a natural oil seep which made the rock. That ladies & gents is your history tip ov the day   Yours Truly, crappy
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/29 17:50:12
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Will there be a quiz? 
You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/30 09:30:06
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ORIGINAL: rippinlip
It comes from the Seneca Indians. They called it Wechachochapohka....a slippery rock. Legend has it they were chasing soldiers across the creek in Colonial times. The soldiers made it across the creek in their heavy boots but the Indians slipped in their moccasins.
Thats close to what I was told....Legend had it that they were chasing some wanted Indian leader and as his horse jumped into the creek, it slipped on a huge flat shale rock which is located just up from the Van Gorder Mill Rd bridge. When he fell off the horse, he was shot and killed. Were you serious with your story??
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/30 11:27:50
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Some ov the stories I've seen in the local paper / books / pamphlets & heard over the yrs....... A love story George Washington/Indians Poets Indians chasing soldiers Creek covered in oil Slippery rocks Soldier fell off horse Slime on rocks Post office Prob. a few I forgot about... Go teach somet'n now 
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/30 13:05:00
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My version is on Slippery Rock University's website.I think the George Washington story is mentioned there too.
You should have been here yesterday.............. Streams are made for the wise man to contemplate and fools to pass by [Sir Izaak Walton]
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/09/30 14:42:15
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The mcconnells mills park map has the story about the rock with the oil seeps. the actual slippery rock is near one of the bridges near the park. there is no longer an oil seep though since the oil was all sucked away.
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/10/09 15:16:43
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not sure of the reasons behind the name but src is excellent for trout and smallmouth, fathead minnows, and rebel crawdad lures, my pb for both is a 19'' rainbow and a 3 1/2 pound smallmouth, both were caught below the **** its a little hike to the spot but the scenery is beautiful this time of year
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RE: slippery rock creek (mcconnells mills)
2011/10/17 12:28:43
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Drunk college kids caused the naming of that creek. I was 1 of them years ago.
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