Central Pa Fishing Report: Fisherman's Paradise

A short road trip to check out Spring Creek yesterday.  Mary and I drove down to Fisherman's Paradise, a section of Spring Creek just outside of Bellefont.  The particular stretch that we fished is C&R, fly fishing only, with an added restriction on wading the stream.  As long as you keep an eye out for the trees, it's not too hard to find room to cast.  And if you're lazy and don't want to don waders in 85 degree weather, it's the perfect place to be.

We got to the stream around 1100 or so.  The idea was to wet a line for a few hours, then find a place for a late lunch.  Air temps were in the mid 80s with high humidity; a cold front was forecast to hit the State College area around 1500.  Water was low but fishable, typical Spring Creek August levels.

We fished hoppers and hopper/droppers, with little success.  The one fish I did take was along the bank, and hit a Firehole Beadhead, a nymph that I used on the Bighorn River in Montana.  Hey, a tailwater is just a spring creek by another name, temperature-wise.  Anyway, the Brownie didn't seem to know the difference.

Around 2:00 the heat and humidity created a great urge for liquid refreshment, so we headed for The American Ale House (http://www.americanalehouse.net/),  tucked in a golf course development in State College.  A bit out  of the way, but more than made up for by a great menu and New Trail Broken Heels IPA.

Tight Lines,
Mikey D Fishing