By KenP on 7/30/2009 9:41 AM

The White Clay Creek in PA was muddy again this morning after overnight storm run off.  The most effective fly today was the DW streamer in a size 8. The rainbows really seem to like it and it accounted for three fish today.  Water temp was 67 degrees at 10:00 am today.  The creek clears up in just over a day so this weekend conditions should be perfect. 

 DW streamer size 8

 

Ken

By KenP on 7/29/2009 10:14 AM

Water temp on the climb in these sultry days.  Sixty eight degrees this morning.  The fish are still available to you and you may have to fish some new cover locations too.  Let's hold off a day on that new trout pattern.  The smallies were very active today.  Time to give the fly section in Delaware another go tomorrow.

Ken

By KenP on 7/28/2009 10:08 AM

The White Clay Creek, a Delaware River has partially recovered from the rain events over the past few days and a number of new cover locations have been created from downed trees.  I have been using a salmon fly streamer style to get the fish to be able to see and chase something in cloudy muddy conditions.  I think I found it too.  I'll post the recipe tomorrow with a pix.  I have a few for sale in the store.  It wil take me a while until I have an adequate supply as they are hand tied.

Ken

By KenP on 7/27/2009 11:06 AM

Chocolate conditions predominate.  Try a streamer - a flashy one or a flashy salmon fly or a sculpin with some flash in it and good luck!

Ken

By KenP on 7/25/2009 7:46 AM

The stream conditions are already improving with flow back to normal on the White Clay Creek in PA section of the DH.  After high water  & muddy condition the fish will take up traditional feeding position, so don't ignore the riffled sections since they are genreally silt free providing a highway of food. 

Ken

By KenP on 7/24/2009 11:42 AM

The storm overnight really put  the stream in a deep chocolate condition.  Try a flashy streamer or bugger that will move some water and get there attention.  I was able to get one trout near the edge of the stream behind a good size boulder today.  Water temp was 68 degrees at 7:45 am. A few smallies came to hand before I quit - on the flashy bugger.

Ken

By KenP on 7/23/2009 11:38 PM

The WCC creek has started to cloud over with run off.  The fish were still actively feeding and a rubber legged caddis emerger size 14 and a smaller olive wooly bugger with flash picked up the majority of the fish.  Both browns and rainbows cooperated this morning.  The air temp was 67 degrees, and the water the same.  My glasses and sinuses were both full of mist today.

Ken

By KenP on 7/21/2009 10:34 AM

The White Clay Creek was slightly silty this morning, but the fish were still in a good mood, providing some nice action on caddis pupae and small stone flies in black or black & brown with rubber legs.  A micro stone also produced the biggest fish - 16" today.  The water temp was 67 degrees at 7:15 am.  I only had a short outing today as I was again at the dr. office - anticipating good health.  If those big predicted storms muddy up the water, tomorrows outing may be a san juan worm and a green weenie! 

Ken

By KenP on 7/19/2009 10:37 PM

Had a chance to fish a rare evening session on the WCC this weekend and found the fish to be looking up.  All the dries and dry combinations I tried brought fish to hand.  Crane fly size 10/12, Janiec moth, dark elk hair caddis size 16, grey wulff with hi vis post size 14, and ausable wulff size 16 all worked.  A nice mix of browns, rainbows and smallies.  With that kind of luck, maybe I should be out evenings instead of mornings!

Ken

By KenP on 7/17/2009 4:47 PM

The humid weather was in full swing this morning and I was wet through and through before I left the White Clay Creek in PA today.  The smallmouth really had a good showing today - pounding that golden retriever streamer.  One trout fell for the flashback baetis nymph.  The rest were smallies and blue gill. One after the next.  Water temp was 66 this morning at 8:30 am and the water was still clear.  Let's hope that we see some of that rain  overnight so we don't need rain gear to fish on Sat.  If it does rain stop by the shop and check out the new Aquaskiz rain pullover)!

Ken