Started the morning fishing small nymphs under the float on the pin rod. Most fish were 7-12" and it was a mixed bag of browns and bows and one fiesty little rock bass. Good to see a nice healthy variety of trout 6 months even after stocking further upstream. After hitting the traditional trout waters section upstream, it was time to hit the trophy section downstream. The trout were out in the shallows and seemed to be getting ready for the spawn next month. It was all browns in this stretch and they were a tad bit aggressive. Two pick up trucks pulled up and 4 guys lined up 20 yards downstream from me and began flycasting small dries. There was a BWO hatch going on, but i only brought the pin rod. I started fishing a nice deep hole with fish rising at the tailout. No takers on the nymphs and with no fly rod, I switched over to the ever faithful PW. A few drifts and it was getting to a small point of frustration as the only fish caught since the posse arrived, was a small fallfish. One more drift and the float was down. It was a damn nice fish too. At first I thought it was a big fallfish or even a sucker that may have come up from the Lehigh. But as soon as she hit the air, I knew better. Could this have been the same 23+ incher I caught just a couple weeks ago? I doubt it. I was miles downstream but this fish fought every bit as hard. A few more arial jumps and a few minutes later... a nice bow came to hand. The fly guys downstream clapped and shouted "nice fish" numerous times. Went for one more drift and got a snag. That's the stream telling me that we're done for the day. I estimate the fish to be about 23" which is extremely large for this stream and good to know that it swam away to live another day.
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