Fly Fishing Notes » French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com Fishing reports, fly patterns, stream locations and other information for Pennsylvania. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:45:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/04/04/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-10/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/04/04/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-10/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:42:54 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=256 Was able to spend a few hours this evening at both the Fly Fishing only and the non-FFO sections of French Creek. Good hatch going on but not much top water action. Got one on a BWO nymph and one on hares nymph. Lost about 6 and got 2 lareg chubs as well.

Weather: Sun and warm
Water Temperature: Warm

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fly fishing french creek 4-4-2010-1
fly fishing french creek 4-4-2010-2

]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/04/04/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-10/feed/ 2 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/04/03/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-9/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/04/03/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-9/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:34:58 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=254 Decided to brave the opening day crowds near the end of the day. I started with the FFO only section where it wasn’t too crowded. Worked my way down to the non-FFO only to see a ton of people. Managed to lose a couple of trout on BWO nymphs. There was an excellent stonefly hatch going on as well as some BWO coming off the waters. Not much top water action.

Weather: Sun and warm
Water Temperature: warm

]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/04/03/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-9/feed/ 1 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/27/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-8/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/27/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-8/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:55:03 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=240 Spent a few hours on French Creek. Cold and windy outside and the water was cold. Not much bug or fish action today. Managed to get 1 nice Brown Trout on a Blue-Winged Olive (BWO) nymph.

Weather: Sun and cold
Water Temperature: Cold

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Fly Fishing French Creek 3-27-2010-1
Fly Fishing French Creek 3-27-2010-2

]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/27/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-8/feed/ 3 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/21/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-7/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/21/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-7/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:49:51 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=237 Fished for about an hour before dark. Managed to get 2 brown trout, both on Blue-Winged Olive (BWO) nymphs.

Weather: Sun and warm
Water Temperature: 56 degrees

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]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/21/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-7/feed/ 2 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/20/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-6/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/20/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-6/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:46:18 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=232 Spent a few hours on French Creek. Managed to get 2 Brown and 2 Rainbow trout, lost several others. All fish were caught on Blue-Winged Olive (BWO) nymphs. Saw lots of small BWO flying around but no fish were rising.

Weather: Sun and warm
Water Temperature: 55 degrees

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]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/20/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-6/feed/ 2 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/17/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-5/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/17/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-5/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:44:25 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=230 Decided to hit French Creek a few days after the floods. Water was cold, high and moving fast. I lost a huge Rainbow trout when he decided to come up for air. Used mostly Blue-Winged Olive (BWO) nymphs.

Weather: Sun and cold
Water Temperature: Cold

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Fly Fishing French Creek 3-17-2010-2

]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/17/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-5/feed/ 1 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/07/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-4/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/07/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-4/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:35 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=226 Spent a couple of hours at the Fly Fishing Only section of French Creek today. I started at the where bridge is out and wading downstream. Water was extremely cold due to the continuing snow run offs. No top water action at all. I managed to get 3 rainbow trout using egg and woolly bugger patterns. One was a real nice 15 inch trout.

Weather: Sun and cold
Water Temperature: Cold

]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/07/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-4/feed/ 2 Fly Fishing Report: Pickering Creek and French Creek http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/05/fly-fishing-report-pickering-creek-and-french-creek/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/05/fly-fishing-report-pickering-creek-and-french-creek/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:03:23 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=219 With the weather finally changing down here, I decided to take the day off. I started my day off at Pickering Creek. Got absolutely nothing :angry: but saw lots of rising fish. Took a lunch break and went out to lunch with my wife. I then headed off to French Creek. I was able to get one brown trout and one rainbow. Got them on Stonefly nymph and a green woolly bugger. Got a few big creek chub which got me excited thinking I got some big trout. Water was very high and cold due to the couple of feet of snow that melted this past week. Spring finally around the corner! Nice to get out and try to get my wading legs back.

Weather: Sun and cold
Water Temperature: Cold

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Pickering Creek

Pickering Creek 3-5-2010 Fly Fishing

French Creek

French Creek 3-5-2010 Fly FishingFrench Creek 3-5-2010-2 Fly Fishing

]]> http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2010/03/05/fly-fishing-report-pickering-creek-and-french-creek/feed/ 0 Fly Fishing Report: French Creek Fly Fishing Only Section http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2009/07/17/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-fly-fishing-only-section-7/ http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/2009/07/17/fly-fishing-report-french-creek-fly-fishing-only-section-7/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:29:52 +0000 admin http://www.flyfishingnotes.com/?p=50 Normally I would not have stopped here to fish in the middle of the summer, but I keep seeing people there on my way into work. I quickly fished it today before the rains came. I did not see any trout, just small stuff hitting me dries.

Weather: Sun, 80s with strong storms coming
Water Temperature: Unknown, but very warm

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The I went to the fly fishing only section for about 20 minutes near the iron bridge. Very windy, but I did manage to get a brown trout on a BWO.

Weather: Sunny and Windy, passing shower, upper 70s
Water Temperature: 65 degrees

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