PA Report(12/23)

[sstasiak]

I arrived at the stream around 9am with an air temp of 49 degrees and water temp of 44. I hiked downstream to where this stream flows into the Delaware just to see what that stretch looked like. Evidence of the flood was still visible up to 150 feet up the bank with trees and bushes all flattened. I also found a huge propane tank that was washed up onto shore. Who would be the proper person to contact for removal of something like this? Back to the fishing report.....

I started fishing back upstream with no success until I reached water with some more structure. I had a decent brown slash at an olive bugger as I stripped it through a deep pocket. Then I switched to a tandem pheasant tail/hares ear setup and landed a small wild brown, and missed a few others.

I also saw a pretty decent brown caddis hatch when the air warmed up around noon. There were plenty of them in the air, and I saw more all over the rocks. I only witnessed one small brown rise a few times to the emergers. It was surprising to see a hatch like that on such a small stream....and in December no less. I'll post some pics later on when I get home.