The delayed harvest section of the Little Schuylkill River flows right by our shop. As the water quality improves yearly, a mix of wild and stocked browns, brookies, and bows and provide anglers with plenty of chances for a quality angling experience to a number of hatches. With the decline of manufacturing and mining in the area, the Little S has been surprising anglers for years with more holdovers and streambred fish as well as big boost in both the number of and intensity of hatches.

Report Date: 4/17/2008 Water Temp: 47° Water Conditions: Good Flow - Clear Tamaqua: 88 CFS Report: Caddis and stoneflies are abundant but most success has been subsurface, nymphs and buggers. The water is pretty clear right now and there has been sporadic mayfly activity with an occasional rise. Buggers, nymphs, and glo bugs are the top producers. Best time to fish right now is usually mid day after the water warms up a bit. Patterns: Midges #18-22 - Buggers - FB Pheasant Tails #12-18 - FB Hare's Ears #12-18 - Glo Bugs #10-14 Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Lehigh River is one of the biggest fly fishing secrets in the Northeast. A tremendous stocking effort by the Lehigh River Stocking Association and various projects to improve water quality have bolstered the trout population and aquatic insect hatches to create one of the best western style trout fisheries in the region. Drift boat fishing is considered to be the most effective way to fish the river, although several sections of the river are wadeable. Anglers are advised not to undersize their tippets as strong fish and fast currents are the rule, not the exception.

Report Date: 4/17/2008 Water Temp: 52° Water Conditions: Moderate Flow - Risky Wading FEW Discharge: 1240 CFS - Lehighton Report: We got a chance to float today and it was a beautiful day. We saw a few people past their waists in sketchy water, be safe everybody. From mid morning there was a crazy amount of caddis on the water but no risers. We had a few nice fish by the end of the float but only saw a few risers and those fish weren't looking up but chasing emergers. A black #6 tungsten head bugger on a sinking line was the ticket. Carp appeared to be spawning and did belly flops on our streamers in protest of our intrusion. Look for Hendricksons, Quill Gordons, and Blue Quills in the coming few weeks. These hatches can get a little mixed up and all have been spotted so far this year. Patterns: Big Dark Buggers - Lead Wing Coachman - LaFontaine Sparkle Emergers - Lehigh Unusuals Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Pohopoco, aka Big Creek, is really an awesome little creek. It is both the headwater and tailwater of Beltzville Lake, with most fishing pressure focused on the tailwater section. Through the summer, the Po offers an extended season because the water temperatures will usually fall into the 50-60 degree range as a result of optimal tailwater releases. Trout range from very small to quite large and tend to be fussy and challenging. The Pohopoco is not known for a multitude of hatches, however the hatches it does have are very productive.

Report Date: 11/3/2007 Water Temp: 50° Water Conditions: Slightly High Beltzville Discahrge: 70 CFS Report: The Po is near the top of the comfortable wading range care should be taken while wade fishing right now. The best fishing right now will be in deeper areas of this shallow stream. The abundant food of the spring and summer is gone and so is most of the trout's need to be out in the open, the risk does not match the reward. Look for fish around log piles, bank cuts, weed beds, and other structure. Patterns: #16-22 Pheasant Tail - #16-22 - Caddis Larva #10-14 - Hare's Ear - #16-20 BWO - #20-24 Midge Patterns - 14-16 Scud Patterns - Buggers Admin Log in to Edit Report

Tulpehocken Creek, affectionately known as The Tully by most anglers, has a delayed harvest section for approximately four mile below Blue Marsh. Known for it's picky trout, The Tully often requires anglers to use small flies and fine tippets, two ingredients that do not go hand in hand with the rainbows and browns that most anglers encounter. From mid April through October, the Tully has consistent dry fly fishing to a variety of stoneflies, caddis, and mayflies - especially the trico.

Report Date: 7/2/2007 Water Temp: 72° @ Waterworks Water Conditions: Clear with Debris Waterworks Gauge: 82 CFS Report: The water is clear but I noticed some debris in the water so maybe they're monkeying around with the dam. Temps are fluctuating so expect the fish to be "moody". 60's one day and 70's the next. Trikes are on so morning fishing should be the ticket with these warm water temps though if it gets much warmer you should be targeting tthe trico hatches on the Lehigh Valley Streams. Patterns: Lehigh Unusual Tricos - GLF Sparkle Pupas #14-20 - #10-16 Green Weenies - #14-20 Hare's Ear - #14-20 Pheasant Tail - Glo Bugs Admin Log in to Edit Report

The heritage section of the Little Lehigh flows right through the Allentown Park System. A spring creek, the Little Lehigh provides year round fishing for brookies, browns, and bows and like the Tully most anglers rely on small flies and fine tippets to get the job done, however intrepid anglers will find that in this over pressured stream sometimes unconventional methods/flies will bring in the fish.

Report Date: 4/18/2007 Water Temp: 44° Water Conditions: High Flow & Off Color Allentown: 351 CFS Report: The water is up and off color at this time. Dredging the bottom with sucker spawns, glo bugs, etc in tandem with a nymph or fishing a streamer can be very productive under these conditions. Fish the deeper pockets especially where they fall along the shore line. Patterns: Lehigh Unusual BWO #20-22 - Midge Pupa #18-24 - BH Pheasant Tail #14-18 - Hares Ear size #14-20 - Stonefly Nymphs Black/Brown/Golden #10-12 - Buggers Admin Log in to Edit Report

The Susky has earned fame as being one of the premier smallmouth rivers in the country. For decades the Susquehanna smallmouth population has been nothing short of phenomenal and the the fishing amazing. Littered with endless structure, the Susky gives the fly angler a constant supplt of targets, and most of those targets produce. Smallmouth bass are some of the hardest fighting fish around and the Susquehanna's smallies live up to that reputation hard strikes, big runs, and explosive acrobatics.

Report Date: 7/1/2007 Water Temp: 84? Water Conditions: High Harrisburg: 3.27' @ 6500 CFS Report: What can I say? Maybe at some point another species of fish will inhabit the waters of the Susquehanna near Harrisburg and provide us with a great sport fishery. We had several scouting floats from Clemson Island clear down to Marysville with very low numbers of fish caught. All fish were nice, fat and healthy, with a few in the 15-17" range but less than 10 fish a day is not good. We will continue to monitor the river but the fact is that in that stretch there are just not a lot of fish, no where near where it used to be, and this low bass population is making it difficult. As for where to fish most hook ups were in the fast water and the "tail outs" in front of the ledges. Patterns: Chain Reaction Leeches, Clouser Minnows, Clouser Crayfish, Buggers, TS Crayfish Admin Log in to Edit Report