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Report at a Glance

General Region	Centre County, PA
Specific Location	Spring Creek - started at Benner water ended below Paradis
Time of Day	8 - 4
Fish Caught	Nine wild browns
Conditions & Hatches	Nice day, air was 52 degrees at 8:00 a.m. but didn't get any warmer than 57 degrees at 2:00. Wind got bad from noon to when I quit. No bugs and no rising fish. The Benner water is off color with virtually no clarity. Water below Paradise is clearer - there is more snow on the ground at the Benner water hence more melting.

Details and Discussion

Wbranch	February 18th, 2011, 8:17 pm
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733	Very tough catching. Most success on #12 Walt's Worm on a 3X long hook with brown magic marker back. Also took some fish on a #16 Lighting Bug. The Benner water was very crowded! Eight cars there at 8:00 a.m. and sixteen cars when I went down river at 2:30. Considering how windy it got I had a decent day. BTW the water temperature when I started was just 43 degrees and I checked it again at 4:00 and it was only 46 degrees. I lot of snow melt is running into the creek. Flow at Axeman was 160 cfs (yesterday evening it was just 100 cfs) flow at Milesburg is 304 cfs - Logan Branch is putting in a lot of water.
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Martinlf	February 18th, 2011, 8:52 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	Not too bad, Matt. Wish I could have been there! Neat trick with the dark back on the WW. What's a Lightning Bug?
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Wbranch	February 19th, 2011, 5:57 am
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733	Louis, Here is a photo of a generic Lighting Bug. I tie mine with a collar of two turns of brown hen hackle and a short tail.
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Martinlf	February 19th, 2011, 12:55 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	Cool. I looked it up on Google and found lots of variations. The bead and mylar body seems to be the constant.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Wbranch	February 19th, 2011, 6:52 pm
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733	Yes, without tinsel body it is not a LB.
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
JOHNW	February 20th, 2011, 2:37 pm
Chambersburg, PA Posts: 452	I picked up a similar pattern a couple of summers ago on the Missouri. Same idea but no rib and the "thorax" was tied with olive ice dub. I hoovered the river taht day an figured it should work back east. Now it is my go to nymph during baetis emergences. JW
	"old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn

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