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.
Looks like a great place to fish. Be nice to fish when hatch is occuring.
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