Pohopoco Creek, Monroe County, PA - March 16 2013

I was lucky enough to fish a beautiful stretch of Pohopoco Creek today. Unfortunately, the outside air temperature was in the 30's and it started snowing halfway through my fishing but I was able to scout out a mile or so of private water. I was amazed on how deep some the sections were. This stream has it all, deep holes, riffles, slow water, bugs, and fairly easy casting.

I started fishing an Adams dry without luck and then moved to a black wooly bugger. I had a couple of small browns roll up on the WB but they wouldn't commit. The last 1/2 hour, I decided to nymph. I used a 16 BH pheasant tail only about 12 inches under my indicator. I had 1 brown hammer it after a couple of minutes in a deeper slow moving seam. The landed brown was on the small side but based on the characteristics of the stream, I'm guessing there are some 16 + inch browns in there. The headwaters of the Po (above Beltzville Lake) contain all wild trout. There is no stocking by the state. The fish that are in there now are very hardy considering the hot and dry summer we had last year. I didn't get a stream temperature today because my digital thermometer needs a new battery but I'd guess it was high 30's. It was overcast outside. No bug activity.

 



Paradise Creek - March 11, 2013

I fished Paradise Creek today in Paradise Township, Monroe County. This was the first time I fished this stream since I was previously unaware of any public access along this creek. The 1/2 - 1 mile stretch that I fished is right in between private fishing clubs.

I started fishing a black wooly bugger but I changed to a hi viz griffiths gnat after a couple of minutes. The water level was low and the WB was tough to fish, especially on my 3 weight. I landed a beautiful brown on my 6th cast. I landed 1 additional brown and missed another couple. The size of browns in Paradise seems larger than in Devils Hole, which is only a couple of miles away and feeds into Paradise.

The previous 2 days were in the 50's so I figured today would be a good day with possible hatches. Water temp was 46 degrees. Outside temp was high 40's and overcast. I saw little black stones and midges. I saw 2 trout rise to naturals as well which is pretty early considering this past weekend was our first warm stretch in months.

 1st brown caught

 

Nice stretch of Paradise Creek