PA Grand Canyon

[Forestfishin]

It starts at Leonard Harrison State Park.

Was there in the fall a few years ago with my wife, and wanted to go down there - just to see it
But she didn't want to do it.
So I skipped it.
Sounds like a nice hike

Yeah it was Leonard Harrison State Park. It was a nice hike. We’ll probably do it again this year for nostalgia if we decide to head up that way.

 

[moodyblues]

The owner of slate run tackle shop told me about those browns.
They were allowed to drive up the trail to stock them.

I always have a light with me to bike out at night.
Good thing too.
Biking out of there one evening at dusk, I noticed something stretched out across the trail in front of me.
And had just enough time to stop before running it over - it was a huge rattle snake.

My granddaughter almost ran over one in the broad daylight. you just have to be aware that they can be prevalent along that trail.

 

[sandflyx]

ansonia is my home water on pine, its where i have done my studies and have my fly shop.

 

[double00]

Hmmmmm? 🤔 We just always assumed they were holdovers.....maybe they were what you were saying?
Like the fish the club stocks in the stretch. You are exactly right....they just looked like wild fish and some amazing dry fly action on those long bend runs and pools. They were the best looking hardest fighting trout I can ever remember seeing in PA and it felt like a secret because we would never see anyone else fishing......this was early to mid 90's when we first started fishing it.
I haven't been back in many years but lots of good memories. Well except for the bike crash into a family of skunks using the same tire rut on the way out one night. Nobody had headlamps or anything cool like that so you just hoped your eyes adjusted enough that you didn't break a wrist and left with some skin on your shins LOL

Maybe they were neither stocked nor holdover...it is said there are some wild browns swimming around in that system...

 

[salmo]

If you stop here at my shop I have maps.

Have you recovered from the flooding yet?

 

[salmo]

The owner of slate run tackle shop told me about those browns.
They were allowed to drive up the trail to stock them.

I always have a light with me to bike out at night.
Good thing too.
Biking out of there one evening at dusk, I noticed something stretched out across the trail in front of me.
And had just enough time to stop before running it over - it was a huge rattle snake.

If it had been a huge lawyer.............?

 

[salmo]

My experience with Pine is that depending on the weather, late May might be too late.

 

[CravenMorehead]

ansonia is my home water on pine, its where i have done my studies and have my fly shop.

What's the name of your shop?

 

[Kms]

Halfway down this page I’m linking is the Tioga state forest Pine Creek trail map. It only covers the rail trail, and is more than comprehensive enough. It shows all the access areas, campgrounds, distance between access areas, as well as the names of all the tributaries to Pine Creek, which is helpful in adhering to regulations.

It’s also free.

Maps | Department of Conservation and Natural Resources| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

www.pa.gov

Excellent resource. Thanks!

 

[Bamboozle]

What's the name of your shop?

He'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it is Big Meadows Fly Shop:

Big Meadows Fly Shop | Wellsboro PA

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