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Angling Publications - Index

Angling Publications - may2008 - Index

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Creek, Spring Creek, or Penn’s Creek.” Tongue-twisters
are common in central Pennsylvania, so speak slowly when
you’re referencing “fishing Fishing Creek” or that you want
to hit “Spring Creek spring creek.”
There are a number of excellent fly shops, guides, and outfitters
in the Keystone State, some of the best in the country
in fact. If you’re looking for an all-encompassing trip, check
out Logan Outfitters (Web: www.loganoutfitters.com; Tel.:
(877) 768-7688; ). With the proximity of their lodging and
their access to both public and managed water, Logan Outfitters
is pretty much a one-stop shop with water access as good
as it gets. They offer a buffet for fly rodders, arranged like a
Chinese menu. You can book a complete package on public
or managed water, stay in one of their housekeeping accommodations,
and hire one of their guides. Or you can stay in
their accommodations and fish with your favorite regional
guide on some of the state’s best trout water. A third choice
is to stay in the Logan lodging and fish managed water on
your own. Such flexibility means you can create a Spartan trip,
blow the bank, or find the middle ground—your choice.
Logan Outfitters also offers two streamside camps, Coot
Hill and Penn’s Creek Lodge. Coot Hill is a ranch-style lodge
that houses four anglers smack dab in the epicenter of some of
the country’s best fishing. You can fish Logan Outfitters’ man-
Stealth is de rigeur in the smaller
waters, but in larger stretches deep
pools and runs create unparalleled
sight-fishing opportunities. While
most of the wild trout are in the
12- to 14-inch range, you’ll have
shots at the fish of a lifetime.
aged water from Thursday through Sunday—on the other
days the water is rested to ensure a quality fishing experience.
Yellow Creek is only minutes away, and if you fish upstream
you’ll hit the popular fly-fishing-only stretch; meander downstream
and you’ll be in the Logan Outfitters managed water.
Yellow Creek is a moderate-sized spring creek, with riffles,
runs, pools and pockets. As you work your way downstream
you’ll pass through areas chock-a-block full of watercress, a
testament to the water’s fertility. Meadows adjoin the sweeping
runs and pools, and in August the trout come alive when a
stiff wind blows hoppers into the drink. Yellow Creek features
healthy brook, brown and rainbow trout populations, with
natural reproduction of all species, and opportunities to catch
large numbers of small- to medium-size wild trout as well
as a wall-hanger. But since the fishing is catch-and-release,
your wall hanger will have to be of the fiberglass variety.
Penn’s Creek Lodge comes by its name honestly. The
Victorian home is on Penn’s Creek, but it’s also near Spring
Creek and the Little Juniata’s eleven miles of Trophy Trout
water. If that’s not enough, Elk and Pine Creeks are just a
short poke away. Bob Hesse, the booking agent for Logan
Outfitters, recalls fishing the water during a February BWO
hatch. “Intermixed with falling snow flakes was a blizzard
hatch of olives,” he said. “Snow was swirling, bugs were
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