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Spring Creek
Good flows today, upper Spring is dirty from stream work..
Fair
Filed by TCO Staff of TCO State College on Sep 12
USGS gauge
Reading from Sep 12, 12:45 PM
Flow
78.4cfs
Gage height
2.42ft
Spring Creek near Axemann, PA USGS data
Flow rating
Skinny
Clarity
Stained
What's Hatching
Spring is back to prime levels and should fish well today. More rain overnight will bump flows again.
Upper Spring Creek from Houserville through Fishermans Paradise and down might experience bouts of dirty water for the next week as there are stream improvements being done on some properties in Houserville. Work is expected to last about a week and started on 9/10.
There's a few olives around as well throughout the day, mornings have been best for dry-fly activity. Small nymphs and terrestrials are working well. Try smaller streamers in the higher water.
Here's what's hatching -
BWO (18-22)
Tan Caddis (14-18)
Midges (22-26)
Terrestrials (8-16)
Upper Spring Creek from Houserville through Fishermans Paradise and down might experience bouts of dirty water for the next week as there are stream improvements being done on some properties in Houserville. Work is expected to last about a week and started on 9/10.
There's a few olives around as well throughout the day, mornings have been best for dry-fly activity. Small nymphs and terrestrials are working well. Try smaller streamers in the higher water.
Here's what's hatching -
BWO (18-22)
Tan Caddis (14-18)
Midges (22-26)
Terrestrials (8-16)
What they're eating
Hot flies
Flow
TCO's own calibration of the creek's fishable window. The needle is where it sits right now.
78.4 cfs · Skinny
0
90
150
220
350
Skinny0–90
Prime90–150
Pushy150–220
Blown220+
Low and technical. Long leaders, light tippet.
Water temp
32°
48°
56°
64°
68°
80°
56–
64
F
Staff-estimated range across the day.
Cold<48°
Cool48–56°
Prime56–64°
Caution64–68°
Not safe for trout68°+
Prime temps. Trout are active.
Range estimated by TCO staff
General Information
General Information
ANGLERS VISITING OUR AREA: Specifically those of you who just fished the Delaware River (or other streams in the NY Catskill Region), the Farmington in Connecticut, or Maryland's Gunpowder River, Please clean your boots and waders with a diluted bleach solution OR hot water(must be over 140 degrees f) and laundry detergent - It must soak for at least 30 minutes to be effective. DIDYMO has been identified in these watersheds. Another option is to purchase a second pair of boots and waders to wear only in infected waters. It's the only sure way not to spread DIDYMO. Please be responsible - Don't spread DIDYMO TO Central Pennsylvania! Click here to learn more about DIDYMO. This is a real threat to the quality of our fly fishing!
Flow bands and temperature bands are TCO's own calibration from years on this water, not a USGS product. The 68° line is a conservation threshold, not our opinion. Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.