The delayed harvest section of the Little Schuylkill River flows right by our shop. As the water quality improves yearly, a mix of wild and stocked browns, brookies, and bows and provide anglers with plenty of chances for a quality angling experience to a number of hatches. With the decline of manufacturing and mining in the area, the Little S has been surprising anglers for years with more holdovers and streambred fish as well as big boost in both the number of and intensity of hatches.

Report Date: 9/4/2006 Water Temp: 68 Water Conditions: Moderate Flow/ A Little Color Tamaqua: 53 CFS Report: The river is at a good level and fishing well. Anglers are catching wild rainbows all throughout the dhalo area and beyond. No hatches to speak of but fish can be seen rising to terrestrials and midges and have been feeding on golden stonefly nymphs, especially in the riffles. Patterns: Ants and beetles #16-18 - BH Pheasant tails & Hare's Ears #8-12 Golden Stone Nymphs - Tan Caddis #16-20 - Patriot/Adams/Royal Wulff #14-18 - Buggers Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Lehigh River is one of the biggest fly fishing secrets in the Northeast. A tremendous stocking effort by the Lehigh River Stocking Association and various projects to improve water quality have bolstered the trout population and aquatic insect hatches to create one of the best western style trout fisheries in the region. Drift boat fishing is considered to be the most effective way to fish the river, although several sections of the river are wadeable. Anglers are advised not to undersize their tippets as strong fish and fast currents are the rule, not the exception.

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The Pohopoco, aka Big Creek, is really an awesome little creek. It is both the headwater and tailwater of Beltzville Lake, with most fishing pressure focused on the tailwater section. Through the summer, the Po offers an extended season because the water temperatures will usually fall into the 50-60 degree range as a result of optimal tailwater releases. Trout range from very small to quite large and tend to be fussy and challenging. The Pohopoco is not known for a multitude of hatches, however the hatches it does have are very productive.

Report Date: 9/4/2006 Water Temp: 63 Water Conditions: Moderate to High Beltzville Discahrge: 104 CFS Report: The Po is up a little now so be careful wading. Look for caddis throughout the day and terrestrials as well. Olives are hatching drifting a BH Pheasant Tail nymph prior to hatching activity. Buggers are working well at this time. Patterns: #16-22 Pheasant Tail - #16-22 Hare's Ear - #16-20 BWO - #20-24 Midge Patterns - 14-16 Scud Patterns - Buggers Admin Log in to Edit Report

Tulpehocken Creek, affectionately known as The Tully by most anglers, has a delayed harvest section for approximately four mile below Blue Marsh. Known for it's picky trout, The Tully often requires anglers to use small flies and fine tippets, two ingredients that do not go hand in hand with the rainbows and browns that most anglers encounter. From mid April through October, the Tully has consistent dry fly fishing to a variety of stoneflies, caddis, and mayflies - especially the trico.

Report Date: 9/4/2006 Water Temp: 75 @ Waterworks Water Conditions: Low & Clear Waterworks Gauge: 2000 CFS Report: The Tully is in a yo-yo pattern right now with anticipation of a major rain event. When it settles down look for tricos early and expect to find fish holding below Plum and Cacoosing Creeks as the temps are well into the 70s throughout the creek. Patterns: #20-26 Lehigh Unusual Trico - #18-24 Lehigh Unusual Olive - #22 RS2 Olive - #16-22 CDC Caddis - Caddis Larva Patterns - #10-16 Green Weenies - #14-20 Hare's Ear - #14-20 Pheasant Tail - Glo Bugs Admin Log in to Edit Report

The heritage section of the Little Lehigh flows right through the Allentown Park System. A spring creek, the Little Lehigh provides year round fishing for brookies, browns, and bows and like the Tully most anglers rely on small flies and fine tippets to get the job done, however intrepid anglers will find that in this over pressured stream sometimes unconventional methods/flies will bring in the fish.

Report Date: 9/4/2006 Water Temp: 66 Water Conditions: Moderate Flow & Off Color Allentown: 199 cfs Report: The water is off color at this time. Look for Tricos in the morning with activity tapering off as early as 8:00 depending on the weather. After the tricos are done consider searching with buggers and stonefly nymphs. A productive tactic is to dead drift a stonefly or bugger a foot to a foot and a half from a glo bug or sucker spawn. Patterns: Lehigh Unusual BWO #20-22 - Lehigh Unusual Trico #20-24 - Midge Pupa #18-24 - BH Pheasant Tail #14-22 - Hares Ear size #14-20 - Stonefly Nymphs Black/Brown #10-12 - Buggers Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Susky has earned fame as being one of the premier smallmouth rivers in the country. For decades the Susquehanna smallmouth population has been nothing short of phenomenal and the the fishing amazing. Littered with endless structure, the Susky gives the fly angler a constant supplt of targets, and most of those targets produce. Smallmouth bass are some of the hardest fighting fish around and the Susquehanna's smallies live up to that reputation hard strikes, big runs, and explosive acrobatics.

Report Date: 9/4/2006 Water Temp: -- Water Conditions: High Harrisburg: 7.47' @ 86000 CFS Report: The Suskie has dissappointed us once again this year. We had plenty of small fish which is encouraging for the future but finding large fish was flat out work. We have ceased trips again for the year. Patterns: Clouser Minnows, Clouser Crayfish, Buggers, TS Crayfish Admin Log in to Edit Report