Kitchen Sink

Mouth is a watering, hands are a trembling, It must be the last weekend of May in State College. Flyfisher's Paradise refers to this time of year as the kitchen sink - when everything is hatching. "A great time of year to be a trout or a flyfisher." Heading up Friday for a 4 day weekend with the old college buds - graduates of the Penn State Flyfishing class. (Uh Oh) The trunk is packed and all reports are looking great - even Mother Nature's. Time to rack up a few points on the cup.

Now I'm back home - Typical State College - Fish all day but only catch fish in early AM and late night.

Friday - Big rains all day Thursday - all streams high except Spring. Already had booked a room in Coburn - Reel em Inn Bed and Breakfast - very nice couple - seams like a place you could take the wife while you fish? Saw the beginning of the Drakes on Penn's at Coburn - they were heavy in Poe Paddy State Park the night before. No spinner fall - saw a few guys take some on dry Drakes - no coffin fly's.

Saturday - Met friends at little J - still to high for my liking - fished a new section - Parked at a lot at Baree - then hiked up into the gorge - about a mile walk to some great pools - the trail goes up above the tracks, then drops down to the water. Saw a monster caught at the riffle righ were the trail drops in.

Saturday evening - I fished Spring creek at Siloh Rd - Benner Springs - walked down stream about 1/2 mile and fished til dark - quite a nice sulfur hatch. Caught 6 including the 15 incher above all on dries. My friends went to the commission waters in Bellefonte and did not see many sulfurs or risers. Got back to State College just in time to see the Pens lose :(

Sunday - Did great at 7 am on Spring Creek- sow bugs, cress bugs, and scuds did best - we think a blue wing olive nymph would have worked.

Went to a new section on Fishing creek - Downstream at a spot called "the quary" in the Landis book. We parked at route 64 and walked upstream - long hard walk - better to park at Salona bridge and walk down. The stream was still high - but nice open water - very few fishermen and saw a big brown landed. Looks very promising.

While at fishing creek we hit a small brookie stream called roaring brook - a little north of I 80. Caught a brookie - 5 points - yea.

Sunday evening - hit another great sulfur hatch at dark on spring creek (I wanted to stay close for the Pens game- my bad - down 0-2) - seemed a later hatch due to a cold front - The sulfurs started at 8:30 and ended at 9. Caught 3 and had many strikes. My friends hit Penns (without telling me - earlier they said no way to Penn's because they hate crowds) Anyway - Sunday night - big drakes all over Coburn - shucks all over the water. They caught a few on dry drakes bu no luck with coffin flies.

Final Tally - 10 points - many brown trout caught on Spring creek and 1 brookie on a small run.