Trout Fishing 2021
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This was a special year for trout fishing. With almost all of my buddies and me working from home, or on summer break, we found time to visit some amazing trout streams in PA, and a few outside of the state as well. It's important to remember that while trout fishing is fun, it truly becomes special when shared with good friends. Wes and I fished together on almost every one of these streams. The memories he and I made this year will last a lifetime ... for better or worse. I also fished quite a bit with Matt and Mike, who also share a special place in my heart, and on The Wall. Paul, Dan, Mark, Dan, and Kenny were also part of this journey. And last but far from least I want to give a very special congratulations to my son Charlie who caught his first trout on a fly rod this year. Way to go bud! There is no way I can recount all the adventures we had this year or share pictures of all the fish, but I'll put some of the best photos below. Enjoy. |
Trout Streams I Caught Fish on in 2021: East Branch of the Brandywine West Branch of the Brandywine West Valley Creek French Creek Muddy Creek Tulpehocken Creek Indian Run Cedar Run Big Spring Hay Creek Northkill Creek Mud Run Pohocopo Creek Paradise Creek Black Creek Spring Creek Logan Branch Penns Creek Devil's Hole Creek Broadhead Creek Balls Creek Faulkner Creek Saucon Creek Neversink River (New York) Potomac (West Virginia) |
I nice wild brown from the Neversink. What a wild and beautiful place!
One of my biggest fish from Penns. Wes and I fished it for the first time ever in late June.
My biggest wild trout ever! It came from a tributary to the Delaware river in October.
A tiger trout from West Virginia. It was probably stocked, but who knows.
I really nice brown from Spring Creek in October. I caught it on a blowtorch just before some rain started.
Wes caught a bunch of nice rainbows out of this hole on Balls Creek in October.
We caught dozens and dozens of these in a bunch of different creeks. But apparently it's bad manners to name creeks that have native brookies.
Logan Branch in Bellefonte is an amazing little creek. The browns in there have the best colors I've seen.
Logan Branch.
Oh man! Christine thought this was funny. It wasn't!
My first wild rainbow ever. Big Spring with Paul.
After catching wild trout all summer, it felt good to catch a hard-fighting stocked rainbow from the Broadhead.
They don't only eat dry flies. Shocker.
A nice Mud Run brown.
Cedar Run fishing with Charlie.
The Feathered Hook B&B. Wes and I had a nice little room. Yes, there was another bed.
Matching fish from Penns.
A solid fish from Penns.
Double Banger Baby!!
Mark with a great trout from West Virginia
The biggest fish of the trip! Way to go Dan.
The biggest wild brookie I've ever caught.
Matt with a nice rainbow from the West Brandywine.
We hammered them this day on the Tully. By best day for numbers ever.
Charlie's first trout on a fly rod. Awesome!
Mike casting for early morning trout on French Creek.
Gotta love those Keystone fish on the Tully.
Mike throwing metal in early season on the Tully.
Big ol' brown trout for Charlie. "You can't make memories from the couch" -Charlie
Saucon Creek brownie.
This nice brown ate a streamer on Saucon Creek.