Elk Creek, PA 12/29/2011
Was able to fish with a new friend on Elk on Thursday. What a bunch of slush we found when we arrived at 10:30. We decided to hike into a decent hole and wait out the slush. We fished slowly from 11 til 1 when the slush opened up then it was game on. I landed 1 below the slush, a nice 8 pound male on a 14 black/ silver copper john. When the slush cleared a bit the fish started moving up to the head of the pool and were feeding on something down there. Wasn't long before it was my 14 yellow crystal meth. Landed a 12 pound male may have been my biggest ever on Elk. My buddy hooked a couple below me that shook off. I was spotting the fish for him and coaching him to give it a slight swing above the fish. (this was working for me) He hooked another just 8 feet away from me. I saw the fish come up shaking his head and I told him to set the hook. He does and wins the battle with a nice 8 pound female. Same time I tell him to set, I feel a bump at the end of my line, which was sitting there for a minute at the end of my drift. Then I feel a head shake and a turn, raise my rod and we have a double header. This one fell to a 14 copper copper john. His was on a 14 prince nymph. I added one more from the gut of the pool to make it 4 on a tough day. Glad we made the trip but we had to leave at 2:30 when it was really heating up. Gave the pools to the next guys and we were on our way back home. Almost all the fish came on a SLOW drift with a slight SLOW swing in front of the fish. Persistance paid off for us. Mike will send me some pictures today so I may get them up here later.
Happy New Year everyone.
Rickerd