On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:14:28 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:


I finished the day right there in the State Park where I was camping
and fished East Beaver Creek. East Beaver Creek lies wholly within
the State Park so is well taken care of and quite pretty. A footbridge
crosses Beaver Creek just downstream of the confluence of East & West
Beaver so that you can see both from the bridge. Both run cold and
fish well for browns and brookies. I'll be back.

Nice TR, Ken. Thanks for it. And for bringing back some memories.

I sat one afternoon just downstream of that little bridge you
mentioned, being ignored by some nice brown trout as I dragged
spinners past them. I had not yet graduated to fly fishing and being
taunted at that time. I spotted for some guy coming upstream who
plucked three nice browns right up. Probably about 8 to 10 inches,
Might have been larger. Nope. Just measured it against the memory of
my hand and arm next to them as I leaned over to take a good look. 8
or 9 inches. However, they were very pretty fish. Gorgeous colour.

The directions within the park for what to do in case of flooding can
be a little unnerving, such as: Do not attempt to drive out or walk
on the road. Go up on the hills and follow a high trail or just stay
up there until the waters recede. Made me happy I had one of the
higher campsites at the narrower end of the valley.

The low water bridges have marked poles where you shouldn't try to
drive out if you can't see the big horizontal line. I don't know what
they think people are driving, but I'd not have done it in my old Ford
truck, much less a little sedan, unless the water was at least a foot
or two below that line. Low water bridges can get just a bit too darn
exciting, especially in the dark.

The water is very clear in spite of the swimming hole being the same
as the spring start. Though that's probably just one of the sources,
as it doesn't seem to have enough flow.

It's a lovely State Park. Gets lots of people up from Iowa, who, at
that time, were very happy to pay so little for a camp site compared
to their own state rates. But I think they'd be there anyway because
of its loveliness.
--

r.bc: vixen
Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher.
Almost entirely harmless. Really.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli