Pennsylvania Vacation

bencmyers · 10-11-02, 04:28 PM

Anybody have any advice for fishing around the Harrisburg area, specifically the Letort and Yellow Breeches? I am probably headed up that way for my Fall break this weekend to get my line wet and hopefully catch some nice brookies and browns. Thanks in advance.

Scooter

Flashback · 10-11-02, 06:45 PM

Try contacting Mike Heck at http://www.fallingsprings.com/.

Good Luck,

FB

------------------
"I have laid aside business, and gone
a-fishing."

Izaak Walton

The Owl · 10-11-02, 10:45 PM

Memmmmmmmmmmmmmorieeeees, like the fish that got awayyyyyyyy.....fuzzy, slimy, fish smellymemooorrriiiieeeesssssss...of the streams I've fisheeeeeed.

ok, enough of the singin'.

I fished the YB summer before last. If you stop in at YB fly shop, which is right near the Spring Run,( and is a GREAT little shop, btw) and you talk to Dusty, tell him that I said HELLO!!!
He gave me a HUGE amount of advice on where to fish, including MAPS to the streams and great directions.
Now, on to the YB.......

The YB is like DH.......only all the time, I think...anyway, it was when I was there. . . brookies and browns hovering in runs and pools by the hundreds...not quite a wilderness experience, but something that you'd be sorry to miss, at least a few times in your life.

The fish will bunch up in the Spring Run section during summer, and spread out into the main river in fall, or so I was told.
I fished the run all day when I was there, and caught lots of strong fighting trout. There were alos many fishermen, and some of them not too friendly....matter of fact, some were downright mean looking....be sure to yell out " Ya'll catchin' any feeeeesh? " before you step into the big pool at the footbridge!

The other creek Dusty pointed me to, was a small, and I mean SMALL little thing called Big Spring Creek. It was the size of Smith's Creek, ( so is the Spring Run of the YB), and it wasn't full of fish like YB......but what it lacked in numbers it made up for in fat, super-suspicious trout! I managed five or six of the smaller ones, and one or two of the big fish, in a little over an hour....there was a rain shower coming through when we got there, and it clouded the water a bit.....a tiny #14 black woolie bugger did the trick. The secret, I found , after many refusals was to let the fly go well past the inspecting fish......many times the fish would turn and gulp the fly after it passed it's tail. . . perhaps they are so accustomed to people lifting the artificial out of the water after it passes them, that they wait to "see"(hear, feel whatever) if the fly stays put an dcontinues it's downstream route before eating it.
There were quite a few big browns, and a sprinkling of big rainbows.....and two big brookies that were as pretty as any brookie I've ever seen. Well, almost.

I have some pics....maybe I can find them and put them up here......I'll see about it.

Good luck.

owl

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10-11-02, 04:28 PM	#1
bencmyers Native Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 92	Anybody have any advice for fishing around the Harrisburg area, specifically the Letort and Yellow Breeches? I am probably headed up that way for my Fall break this weekend to get my line wet and hopefully catch some nice brookies and browns. Thanks in advance. Scooter

10-11-02, 06:45 PM	#2
Flashback Native Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 249	Try contacting Mike Heck at http://www.fallingsprings.com/. Good Luck, FB ------------------ "I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing." Izaak Walton

10-11-02, 10:45 PM	#3
The Owl Ex Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,178	Memmmmmmmmmmmmmorieeeees, like the fish that got awayyyyyyyy.....fuzzy, slimy, fish smellymemooorrriiiieeeesssssss...of the streams I've fisheeeeeed. ok, enough of the singin'. I fished the YB summer before last. If you stop in at YB fly shop, which is right near the Spring Run,( and is a GREAT little shop, btw) and you talk to Dusty, tell him that I said HELLO!!! He gave me a HUGE amount of advice on where to fish, including MAPS to the streams and great directions. Now, on to the YB....... The YB is like DH.......only all the time, I think...anyway, it was when I was there. . . brookies and browns hovering in runs and pools by the hundreds...not quite a wilderness experience, but something that you'd be sorry to miss, at least a few times in your life. The fish will bunch up in the Spring Run section during summer, and spread out into the main river in fall, or so I was told. I fished the run all day when I was there, and caught lots of strong fighting trout. There were alos many fishermen, and some of them not too friendly....matter of fact, some were downright mean looking....be sure to yell out " Ya'll catchin' any feeeeesh? " before you step into the big pool at the footbridge! The other creek Dusty pointed me to, was a small, and I mean SMALL little thing called Big Spring Creek. It was the size of Smith's Creek, ( so is the Spring Run of the YB), and it wasn't full of fish like YB......but what it lacked in numbers it made up for in fat, super-suspicious trout! I managed five or six of the smaller ones, and one or two of the big fish, in a little over an hour....there was a rain shower coming through when we got there, and it clouded the water a bit.....a tiny #14 black woolie bugger did the trick. The secret, I found , after many refusals was to let the fly go well past the inspecting fish......many times the fish would turn and gulp the fly after it passed it's tail. . . perhaps they are so accustomed to people lifting the artificial out of the water after it passes them, that they wait to "see"(hear, feel whatever) if the fly stays put an dcontinues it's downstream route before eating it. There were quite a few big browns, and a sprinkling of big rainbows.....and two big brookies that were as pretty as any brookie I've ever seen. Well, almost. I have some pics....maybe I can find them and put them up here......I'll see about it. Good luck. owl