Docsflies - Archives (August 2006)

12Aug06 - Wow, an excellent day of trout fishing. I decided to fish a small steam by Cedar Crest College and the Little Lehigh, both located in the Allentown, PA area. The stream by Cedar Crest College had no fishing pressure. Although narrow (at best 20 feet wide) this stream supports a good population of brown trout, roughly 5-9" in length. The trico hatch was on and I managed one brown on a size 20 comparadun trico. The Little Lehigh creek was excellent and provided several catches. Again a size 20 comparadun trico prevailed. A size 16 black deer hair beetle also was a good choice. I hooked and landed approximately a 5 pound brown, truly a large trout. For those of you wanting to try your luck at him, go to the Kiddie Pool, go past the pavilion and walk in the woods about 20 yards, look for the LARGE boulder half in and half out of the water. I recommend 4x tippet as he'll run downstream through the fast water. Sorry no pictures, I was fishing alone and I wanted to return the fish quickly. Trico hatches at both places ran the entire time I fished, 9:00 to 2:00. If you're looking for tricos and don't see them where you are, keep walking. Both streams had good hatches but in localized areas.