The_Sasquatch
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I had another attempt at NCPA this past week. Spent 7 days back up at camp w/ my wife and 3 kids. I respected the family vacation for the most part, which meant I fished streams close to the cabin as opposed to doing treks down to Kettle, Cross Fork, etc.
Conditions were much more favorable this time around, and it made me wish I pushed the summit back a week. It rained the whole way up Wed., on and off Thursday, and we didn't see the sun til Saturday really.
I fished two streams that were fished at the summit. One still did not produce (1 dink brown and I hooked into something in the 8-9" range but managed to not land it). The other stream was one Moosehead_Belle and I fished the Thursday of the summit, and this time it produced big time for me. Solid mixture of wild and holdover browns, and a few holdover bows.
Two other streams were "new to me". One was a small brookie stream that runs through the grounds my family deer hunts during rifle season. Never fished it because the lower end is nursery waters. I hiked back the forrestry trail til I was above the nursery waters and while I only landed a hand full of brookies (and no redds yet!?), I did manage to spook several larger natives. Good to see!
The other "new to me" stream was discovered by simply taking a drive. I rarely get into that area between Austin and Coudersport, so I decided to just take a short drive and see what I can see. Some of you know the stream that flows into Austin. I wasn't sure where exactly I was at, or what stream I was fishing, but I saw a small stream, saw a pull-over with a sign, "Fishing allowed: Walk-in only", and thought I'd give it a go. Very glad I did! That stream produced honkin' brown after honkin' brown! Some were obviously hold overs, others were very much wild, and the structure the whole was was amazing. One of those streams where every inch of water seemed to hold fish.
I'm sorry we had dry weather during the jam! Can't control that...but I did think a follow up was warranted since the attendees knew I'd be back in "the hood" 10 days later!
Conditions were much more favorable this time around, and it made me wish I pushed the summit back a week. It rained the whole way up Wed., on and off Thursday, and we didn't see the sun til Saturday really.
I fished two streams that were fished at the summit. One still did not produce (1 dink brown and I hooked into something in the 8-9" range but managed to not land it). The other stream was one Moosehead_Belle and I fished the Thursday of the summit, and this time it produced big time for me. Solid mixture of wild and holdover browns, and a few holdover bows.
Two other streams were "new to me". One was a small brookie stream that runs through the grounds my family deer hunts during rifle season. Never fished it because the lower end is nursery waters. I hiked back the forrestry trail til I was above the nursery waters and while I only landed a hand full of brookies (and no redds yet!?), I did manage to spook several larger natives. Good to see!
The other "new to me" stream was discovered by simply taking a drive. I rarely get into that area between Austin and Coudersport, so I decided to just take a short drive and see what I can see. Some of you know the stream that flows into Austin. I wasn't sure where exactly I was at, or what stream I was fishing, but I saw a small stream, saw a pull-over with a sign, "Fishing allowed: Walk-in only", and thought I'd give it a go. Very glad I did! That stream produced honkin' brown after honkin' brown! Some were obviously hold overs, others were very much wild, and the structure the whole was was amazing. One of those streams where every inch of water seemed to hold fish.
I'm sorry we had dry weather during the jam! Can't control that...but I did think a follow up was warranted since the attendees knew I'd be back in "the hood" 10 days later!
