SKUNKKKKKED AGAIN

Went to Confluence, PA early on Saturday morning. The weathermen were calling for mild temps all weekend and i had to get out. The air temp was 25*F when i entered the river just down from the outflow of the Yough River Res. and the water temp was 38*F. I drifted and twitched Lou's Minnow for about 45 minutes in a stretch under the first bridge that had a bunch of other anglers. A few were landing trout on live bait and one fella was missing hits on a small nymph. It was my first time out on the new waders, and my legs were frozen stiff. Headed over Sugar Loaf road to Ohiopyle for some pictures and while I waited for Adam.

Meadow Run was open for the most part. Very clear but i could see trout in one hole. I tried small egg patterns, small copper johns and had one trout on for a bit on a brown wolly bugger.

Adam arrived. He landed a few. One on sucker spawn, another on small nymph.
I went for a short hike to the mouth to look for more open water but all i found was about 2 feet of open water leading to the mouth.


Met up with Dr. Eric and Erica for lunch in town and tried to head upstream as far as Beaver Creek. The scenery was lovely, the stream was mostly frozen. Adam and I headed over another range to see if Dunbar was any better. The water was lovely, the fish were absent. Saw a few other passing fishermen, no luck on their end either.


Headed home, cold, tired, sore and ready for some Wheeling Nailers Hockey with Ian.

On Sunday my dad and I went over to Peter's Creek to see if anything was up. Me neighbor had landed a few on the lower stretches the weekend and day before so we thought we'd try. The warming temps melted most of the snow and muddied the Peter's Creek end of things. The Piney Run side was up and colored but fishable. Still only a few Creek Chubs were landed. Below is a picture of the Confluence of Piney Run and Peters Creek. The later being the muddier of the two. We tried a few old spots with no luck, but again it was nice to be out even if I've still been completely shutout while fishing with my new Orvis 3 weight...