Trout Waters

I was asked the other day “What is a freestone creek” and it occurred to me that there might be some anglers who are not acquainted with the terms that describe the different types of streams. There are three main types of streams that anglers often refer to; and they are freestone creeks, spring creeks and tailwaters. So I have a brief explanation here and a much broader explanation in Troutu Class 1025 to further the understanding.

A portion of the Wilson CreeK near the town of Mortimer NC, was recently made a delayed harvest stream.  A friend of mine Johnny Dollar caught this HOG on the DH portion of the Wilson recently.  John caught her on a #18 Hetero-Genius nymph tied by Dave Hise of Casters of Hickory on a 9ft, 5X Flurocarbon leader. He used his rod of choice, a 9ft Orvis T3 5wt and reel was an Abel TR2 loaded with Rio Gold Line. Water was very clear and slightly lower than usual. 

It is raining here in Charlotte, NC today with the accumulation of rain to be 2 inches or more, so I sit at my computer trying to reminisce about the good times in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In particular, I remember about fishing in the Walker Camp Prong and the Oconaluftee near Gatlinburg in early November while the ladies did some Christmas shopping.  

On July 14 , we did the  Trout Fishing in Pennsylvania blog and we have been blogging about tailwater trout streams.  In line with that information, we have just learned about a very important tailwater stream in Pennsylvania called Codorus Creek. The West Branch of the Codorus Creek is a small, tailwater trout stream located in the southwestern part of York County, in south-central Pennsylvania. It is fed by a dam constructed in the 1970's to serve the cold water needs of a local paper mill.