By KenP on 11/25/2009 12:34 PM

Pounded away at dam #2 on the White Clay Creek, a Delaware River in DE today.  The fish are still there despite a good number of fish taken for meat.  The fly producing the best today was a micro -stone a black stone with rubber legs that fishes hook point up.  A blacka nd olive wooly bugger also produced a few fish today.

Ken

By KenP on 11/24/2009 11:14 AM

The fishing on the White Clay Creek today in a nutshell, wet and cold.  Pretty much like it was up on the Salmon River this past weekend.  I managed a few nice steelies over 27 inches and a 20 plus inch brown for my efforts up there,  and I landed two rainbows on the home water this am.

Back to building rods and preparing for Black Friday.  Stop in and see all the new offerings for holiday giving from Wm Joseph, Outback Trading Co., Loon, Allen, HMH & Chota.  Say you saw this ad in the blog and be in the season spirit and Doug or Ken may surprise you with an in-store coupon.

Ken

By KenP on 11/22/2009 9:18 AM

Well, we are days away from the Holiday Season.  I am sure some of you are feeling the affects of it already.  I am definitely no scrooge when it comes to holidays, but the lists, the commitments, and added tasks can run you down.  Don't forget to recharge; not only you'll feel better, but the poeple around you will also.  Take time to get outside and spend time on the water. I know that is easier said than done, I'm as guilty as anyone.

I will rehash some fall fishing recommendations.  When working your streamers, work the entire section of water you are fishing and change up on the speed you work your flies.  Pay attention to the fish behavior (if you see no fish, that is a behavior; their in their safe spots so work every nook and cranny).  Change you fly color from darker to lighter and vise versa,&am ... Read More »

By KenP on 11/20/2009 12:35 PM

The trout are aplenty, the leaves and twigs are more aplenty, the snags are out of this world.  The fall is a great time to fish but with every silver cloud is a touch of gray (SNAGS).  Here are a few things you can do to cut down on snags. 

1) Use hook-up flies such as small clousers (a year round great trout fly), small bendbacks (use a swimming mayfly hook), and/or regular patterns on 60 degree jig hooks.

2) Tie your go-to patterns upsidedown on the hook and weight the ventral side of the fly with lead, epoxy, or something else so the hook flips.

3) (my least favorite) More split shot with non-beaded flies.  The split shot gets the flies down while the lighter flies are more bouyant.

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By KenP on 11/19/2009 12:30 PM

Today is my last day trout fishing the WCC for a few days as I plan to be swinging wet flies for steelhead.  This morning saw the fish hitting size 18/20 black zebra midges under an indicator.  The drizzly conditions forced me to continually clean my glasses.  I hate fishing in the rain!  So those poor trout were being caught by a grumpy, miserable fisher - but a tight line is still fun.

Ken

By KenP on 11/18/2009 2:34 PM

Seems having a banner day yesterday can lead to ......

Ken

By KenP on 11/16/2009 12:19 PM

The trout were lined up today feeding on drifted nymphs on the White Clay Creek in the PA DH section of the stream.  Hare's ear in size 16 and size 18 phesant tail w/green flash back were taking fish all morning.  The water temp was 48 degrees this morning and fish were lined up in the riffles and at the head of the pools.  A great November day to remember. If you are stopping at he shop this week remind me to show you all the new products arriving daily, including some nice new oilskin jacket and gift sets from Dr. Slick. Please support the WCFF raffle and buy a ticket or two to win the handcrafted fly rod by Rick Daring- maker.  All the proceeds benefit a winter stocking of fish in the WCC. The holidays will be on us ... Read More »

By KenP on 11/14/2009 3:56 PM

The White Clay Creek in both PA & DE are holding up well even with the rainy event of the past few days.  Reports in DE are that san juan worms in hot pink took fish today.  Egg patterns seem to be working with cheddar and brown reported as good colors.  PA reports a few fish caught above London Tract bridge on streamers and black buggers with flash in the body or tail. Tomorrow the forecast is for a great day.  Get out there.  The fish are calling.  Note: A few poachers were reported today in DE with stringers of fish well over the limit.  If you see fishers poaching take a minute to call the Park authorities.

Ken

By KenP on 11/13/2009 10:51 AM

I hate fishing in rainy windy conditions but I gave it a try yesterday and this morning.  Water temp holding at 48 degrees.  Fishing - miserable .  Casting accuracy was just a guess as the wind was in control.  Even this morning wind dominated accuracy.  Still, I was able to interest a few fish each day to hit a streamer.  Golden retriever worked today and yesterday it was a gray ghost.  Also manged a few pan fish on a #18 flashback PT.  Conditions are supposed to be improving for the weekend.  Surprisingly the stream has held up well for all the rain we have had.

Ken

By KenP on 11/11/2009 1:47 PM

Thanks to the White Clay Fly Fishers for great job on the stream cleanup of the WCC this past weekend.  They actually remove a car chasis from the stream.  Also a pickup truck load of trash from the snags and stream side.

I've been fishing the DH section of the WCC above Sharpless road.  The fish are still holding in deep slots and under the snaggy locations.  They prefer streamers these days.  I tried the DE section below the new walking bridge on Monday and picked up a few fish on eggs and bead heads.  I got a reliable report that dam #2 was fishing well.  A number of reports in the DE fly fishing section concur that "egging" them is the ticket.

Ken