Huge Spruce Creek Brown Trout!

My older brother Brett shows us that fly fishing is in the genetics. Here he is with a gigantic 27" brown trout caught on Spruce Creek this past week. He caught this slab on a green weenie of all flies. The Hoover - Michelotti hook-up at it's finest (The Hoover family has a patent pending on the green weenie trying to legally change the name to the Hoover weenie.) Brett taught me much of what I now know about fly fishing, when I was first starting out, now I teach him a thing or two every time we fish. All kidding aside this fish is an absolute monster. I appreciate you sharing it with us, I do definitely miss trout fishing. 

Big Centre County Rainbow

This photo submission comes to us from Bryan Doyle. Another member of our following introduced by the intern, Harry Tomlin. This is a great picture of a pretty huge rainbow from Central Pennsylvania. So thanks Bryan for sending this to us and thanks Harry for pointing him in our direction! 

Keep the pictures coming and we will keep posting them. I'm missing central PA trout fishing more and more every day... 

Here you go fella's, got this huge bow early this morning in central pa. I'd like to keep the location on the down low since its hard to find public waters that isn't regulated with fish like this swimming around, I like to call it my little honey hole. However, I caught this bow on a size 16 frenchie in about a mile of non stocked water while fishing for wild browns. I also released the fish after a few photos to catch again someday.

Bryan

Buffalo Run and Logan Branch Update (08/15/2012)

Buffalo Run and the Logan Branch have continued to be exciting areas to fish.  I didn't remember to take a stream temperature for Buffalo Run because I only fished it for a minimal amount of time.  Logan Branch registered 56 degrees on the thermometer which is a big reason why I've been going to fish there regularly.  To go along with the cold temperatures, it has an uncanny ability to capture your attention with it's pure, pristine beauty in certain areas of the stream.  Below are a few pictures from some of the fish that I've caught recently.  Enjoy!  

Logan Branch Update (08/06/2012)

The Logan Branch is arguably one of my favorite challenging streams to fish during the dog days of the summer.  The fisherman must take a completely stealthy approach to this river.  The high grass along most of the stream allows you to sneak along the bank but the trout still find a way to see you.  I think that is what I like most about this stream, it doesn't even seem like you are fishing in Central Pennsylvania.  Certain points of the stream are no wider then a rods length and other times it "opens up" to about 12 - 15 feet.  The tight cover, and precise casts necessary makes it feel like you are fishing a mountain stream.      

Another thing that I love about the Logan Branch is that it receives fairly low fishing pressure but it is enough that the fish have become very intelligent.  The combination of the challenge and the chance of hooking into a good fish is what makes this stream so fun to visit.  Below are a few pictures that I took on my recent trip to this gorgeous Central PA stream.