Penn's Creek Report

Thursday morning I did a good walk down from the tunnel parking lot to
one of my favorite spots. I caught 6 fish in less than an hour. A
size 18 bead-head PT was the fly of the day. The water temp was 50
and there were snow flurries as I was catching fish. The air temps
were in the high 30's. I had to quit when my fingers and legs became
numb. I went back to the trailer to "regroup" and head over to
Fishing Creek. I fished where I had met Mike Shaw last month (in
front of the cabin) and upstream. At about 2PM someone rang the
dinner bell and fish were all over the surface. I tried 4 or 5
different flies including the BWO (size 20) but caught nothing. I
noticed gray flies bouncing on the surface but the fished seemed to be
taking something a lot smaller. Any ideas?

Friday I fished at Ingleby. I caught 5 or 6 trout and 2 or 3 large
suckers. A size 18 bead- head PT was the fly of the day. That was
between 10 and 2 PM. The air temps were in the high 40's.

On Saturday Tim James and Ron Roy joined me from the Washington area
and I took them back to Ingleby. This time the temperatures were in
the 50's but a strong wind negated any expected feeling of being
warmer. We all hooked fish. I got a 15 and a 17 incher as well as a
couple of others but smaller. That's in addition to about 5 suckers.
The suckers were in the 14 to 17 inch category. Yes, a size 18 bead
head PT was the fly of the day.

The trailer is winterized and I'll be dreaming of spring.