Stream Reports

Last week's weather brought a warm spell that delivered another batch of precipitation in the form of quick showers and thunderstorms. This resulted in another round of high water that had us scrambling. In the end we were able to “dance between the raindrops” as they say had minimal disruption to reservations.  The streams dropped about as quick as they rose leaving water conditions in near perfect shape over the weekend and as we start this week.

Across the board the fishing has been good, and it looks as though this week should be another great week to be on the water with excellent late summer conditions. The upcoming forecast shows warmer weather in the 80's sticking around through the middle of this week with temperatures cooling and dropping back into the upper 70's through the rest of the next 10 days. The nights are also calling for cooler temperatures back into the upper 50's which will give us another taste of that crisp morning air we all look forward to with September settling in.

With great water conditions all around, the nymphing lately has been very productive with flies such as San Juan Worms, Wooly Buggers, Green Weenies, and other attractor style nymphs fished on 4-5x tippets. Summer bugs are still on the menu as there have been a lot of fish being caught on Ants, Grass Hoppers, and other patterns imitating Terrestrials. Nymphing the faster, deeper slots has been working well. Dry Dropper Rigs fished in the slower and deeper areas are still fooling fish looking up. We haven't been seeing a lot of bugs on the water recently, but there are a few fish rising to Tricos, Ants, and small dries in addition to the larger foam indicator dries.

The Juniata River also got a brief reset in water conditions through the end of last week and over the weekend. Water conditions are back in great shape for fishing as we will be back out floating for smallmouth again this week. Last week anglers on the water with us caught fish primarily on poppers fished on the surface, or crayfish fished subsurface. The smallmouth fishing has been very good in recent weeks and we are excited to still have such awesome water levels for floating as September settles in. September is a very fun month of the year to be floating on the river as it is still warm enough to catch fish on the surface, but the weather getting a little cooler makes for a beautiful day of floating.

One of the things we've enjoyed about September over the years is it is a really good month to combine a day of trout fishing on the beats with a day of floating for smallmouth on the river. In our area of Pennsylvania we are thankful to have two really different types of fishing and this month is a fun one to take advantage of both styles of fishing on the same trip. Conditions and the upcoming forecast look very favorable, come fish!