Run

Three weeks

Whenever we get a good rain. 

2019
epic brah

H3Fisher
2 weeks per the weather outlook. unless that changes and we get the rain sooner!

I hope you are spot on, buddy and I are making a trip on the 22nd

forecast is looking good for the 2 week prediction

Rub the lantern and ask the GENIEMAN. He knows. Larry are you still out there????????

Hobart121
So what's everyone's prediction for the first good run of fish?

Gosh, read the reports.  Season is looking good.  I guess we've already had it.

I'm hopeing your right kill3ducks1deer. I'm makeing my madein voyage to Erie at the end of the month.

Showing rain most of the week, how are the crowds on walnut during the week? I like the creek but hate the crowds. Rather do a mile creek if the crowds are still nuts.

Extended Forecast for3 Miles SSW Erie International Airport PA
Detailed Forecast
Today
Sunny, with a high near 70. Southwest wind 11 to 15 mph.

Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South wind 11 to 14 mph.

Columbus Day
Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night
A chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. West wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Thursday
Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

kill3ducks1deer
Showing rain most of the week, how are the crowds on walnut during the week? I like the creek but hate the crowds. Rather do a mile creek if the crowds are still nuts.

Not much better than the weekends until after Thanksgiving on Walnut. Mile creeks sometimes have a little more breathing room on weekdays, but sometimes not much.

The real difference comes after a few good mid-late October through early November rains and fish get spread out on bigger tribs. Relieves some of the pressure if you like to fish down low and gives you more options to walk away from crowds upstream.

November and December are my favorite times to fish. Not because I enjoy the cold and snow and think that's "real" steelhead fishing, but because by then you can usually find good numbers of fish away from the crowds.

Yep, definitely go when you can.  
 
I'm heading up tomorrow morning with my buddy and our sons because the boys have a day off of school.  Certainly not expecting ideal conditions with crowds or creek levels with a beautiful Columbus Day forecast, but we've made a go of it before when it's like this and usually manage to fool a few slimers.  And when we don't we still eat at Theresa's Deli, laugh a lot and make some memories with our boys and we'll head to the bay and fish for other stuff if we have to.  Just like anything you do in life and anywhere you go: there's always a few knuckleheads that can irritate you if you let them, or you can just move on and make the most of it.  
 
 

rsquared
Yep, definitely go when you can.  
 
I'm heading up tomorrow morning with my buddy and our sons because the boys have a day off of school.  Certainly not expecting ideal conditions with crowds or creek levels with a beautiful Columbus Day forecast, but we've made a go of it before when it's like this and usually manage to fool a few slimers.  And when we don't we still eat at Theresa's Deli, laugh a lot and make some memories with our boys and we'll head to the bay and fish for other stuff if we have to.  Just like anything you do in life and anywhere you go: there's always a few knuckleheads that can irritate you if you let them, or you can just move on and make the most of it.  
 
 

 
                    

kill3ducks1deer

chrisrowboatfyi Leaves will be falling end of this week into next. It is turning out to be a nice fall for hunting this year.

I have never fished early enough to deal with leaves, should be fun. Heavier flies to get through the leaves? Assuming the water isn't crystal clear and I can use something larger.

no and no. Just a big pita really.

Won't be any fish to run with all the trollers out there having haydays. Me being one of them. It is better than fishing the wall of anglers at the mouths. And I am catching fish.
Charters are reporting 40 fish days.