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secret_squirrel
New member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2015
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Hi All,
As a new member, I just wanted to stop by and say hi and to share my first trout on a fly rod. A guy at work was telling me about the stream and how it's a nice place for FF'ing and how he couldn't catch anything while he was out. So over this past weekend I decided to give it a shot (considering I still have no idea where to park for Donegal Creek which is 2 miles from my house).
I parked at the little pull off on State Rd. and there was only one other vehicle there (never saw the owner) and I fished from the bridge down to the first flat in the meadows. No real luck, but did have a decent bite and fight on a stonefly larvae. Fish spit the hook and I decided the amount of sunburn on my arms was enough to make me pack it in for the day.
I came back Sunday morning to a more crowded stream, Deleware and Maryland plates and a few PA. I walked down to where I had fished the day before, but it was occupied so I decided to venture further downstream where I ran into a nice gentleman who gave me a heads up about where he came from and the activity. I proceeded there and fished for about an hour with no luck. I walked upstream to the 'bend' in the stream where a nice tree overhangs the stream in a decent pool. The tree and I became close friends over the next hour as I fished flies from its grasp. I ended up fishing the stonefly again and this time it connected with a hungry mouth. After a little photo shoot, I fished the area some more with a small wooly bugger and a blue wing olive with no luck, even though the fish were rising under the tree where my line could not venture.
So all in all, for my first stream outing I am pretty happy. The area is really great for scenery and the amount of birds in the area. All day it was singing from many different species, especially Orioles and what sounded like a Towhee.
Thanks for a great site, and a pleasure to meet you all.
As a new member, I just wanted to stop by and say hi and to share my first trout on a fly rod. A guy at work was telling me about the stream and how it's a nice place for FF'ing and how he couldn't catch anything while he was out. So over this past weekend I decided to give it a shot (considering I still have no idea where to park for Donegal Creek which is 2 miles from my house).
I parked at the little pull off on State Rd. and there was only one other vehicle there (never saw the owner) and I fished from the bridge down to the first flat in the meadows. No real luck, but did have a decent bite and fight on a stonefly larvae. Fish spit the hook and I decided the amount of sunburn on my arms was enough to make me pack it in for the day.
I came back Sunday morning to a more crowded stream, Deleware and Maryland plates and a few PA. I walked down to where I had fished the day before, but it was occupied so I decided to venture further downstream where I ran into a nice gentleman who gave me a heads up about where he came from and the activity. I proceeded there and fished for about an hour with no luck. I walked upstream to the 'bend' in the stream where a nice tree overhangs the stream in a decent pool. The tree and I became close friends over the next hour as I fished flies from its grasp. I ended up fishing the stonefly again and this time it connected with a hungry mouth. After a little photo shoot, I fished the area some more with a small wooly bugger and a blue wing olive with no luck, even though the fish were rising under the tree where my line could not venture.
So all in all, for my first stream outing I am pretty happy. The area is really great for scenery and the amount of birds in the area. All day it was singing from many different species, especially Orioles and what sounded like a Towhee.
Thanks for a great site, and a pleasure to meet you all.
