August Ride - Dave Kagan

August 11, 2010 From left to right, Bob Sherman and Daniel Merchant from Michigan, near the end of their 200 mile, five day bicycle tour of the Pine Creek Rail Trail and North Central Pa. ... click here for more

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July 26th. bike ride - Dave Kagan

July 26th Ride of 117 Miles David Ira Kagan At 8 a.m. on this beautiful summer day, I bicycled from my Torbert Village home northward, with the intent of going all the way to the northern terminus at Stokesdale Junction. Two flowers were blooming profusely all along the trail—Queen Anne’s... click here for more

07-31-10 .Slate Run is flowing at a great summer flow. It may not last long, but it is a good shot of water when we really needed it. Hopefully we will keep getting rain to keep the flow at a good level. The stream should fish well for the next... click here for more

The area has received nearly 3 inches of rain in the last week. Pine is finally running above the 90 year average. Great for fishing and boating. The weather forecast is for a cooling trent over the next few days a another storm on sunday. The trout took a beating... click here for more

Slate Run : Low and warm. The run hit 70 a couple of times during the heat wave. Ants, Hoppers and Beetles are active. Some Yellow Stones. Fishing has been slow during the day. Some activity early morning and late in the evening ... click here for more

Pine is still locked in a heat wave and a drought. What a difference a year makes. Low warm water is making it very difficult for the trout. Bass fishing is good this year. Some reported in the 20 inch range ... click here for more

07-09-10 11:15 AM The latest heat wave is still holding on in the area. Two fronts are opposing each other over our area. Hopefully the one from the west wins. Heavy storms are to our west just arriving in western Clinton County. Pine is in bad shape for trout at... click here for more

Independence Day Ride By David Ira Kagan I passed 3000 bicycling miles for the year during today’s July 4th rail-trail roundtrip ride of 47 miles from my Torbert Village home to Wolf’s General Store in Slate Run. It was a hot pedal from my 11 a.m. beginning through the afternoon,... click here for more

Independence Day Ride - Dave Kagan

Independence Day Ride By David Ira Kagan I passed 3000 bicycling miles for the year during today’s July 4th rail-trail roundtrip ride of 47 miles from my Torbert Village home to Wolf’s General Store in Slate Run. It was a hot pedal from my 11 a.m. beginning through the afternoon,... click here for more

06-28-10 - 3:57 P.M. Pine is getting very low and warm. Fish are at the feeder streams and also starting to move up the feeders. Lots of trout. Hopefully we will get some rain to increase the volume. ... click here for more

06-19-10 -- 0839 : Pine is dropping and warming.Trout were in at the mouths of the feeder streams a couple of times this summer. They have moved back out again with some cooler nights and a thunder storm. Nearing the end of normal trout fishing on Pine, unless we get... click here for more

Pine Creek Trail Ride with Dave Kagan

Ride of June 21 (the first day of summer) 30 miles roundtrip from my home in Torbert Village to Bluestone Run (north of Jersey Mills) and back. What a gorgeous, sunny first day of summer outing! Hot—yes—but not very humid, so once I was moving, it was very comfortable biking.... click here for more

06-14-10 5:40 P.M. The runs are flowing nicely. Slightly above normal for this time of year. Fish are looking up. Good summer fishing conditions. ... click here for more

06-14-10 1722 Pine is still producing lots of fish. Recent rains cooled the waters and the trout are still feeing in the morning and evening. Olives in the A.M. Duns and spinners during the evening. ... click here for more

June 13 th ride with Dave Kagan

Bicycle Ride of June 13 I pedaled 57 miles today, roundtrip between my Torbert Village home and the Village of Cedar Run, surpassing 2700 miles for the year during my ride, and waiting out downpours inside an Adirondack shelter at Camp Kline just below Ramsey Village (sharing this refuge with... click here for more

New Book

Pine Creek Villages This book is a “must have” for any one interested in the lower Pine Creek Valley. Authored by local valley resident Dave Kagan, it provides a written and photographic journey through the villages of the lower canyon of Pine Creek. The villages were established during the lumbering... click here for more

June 3rd. Pine Creek Trail - Dave Kagan

June 3 Ride I bicycled today between the southern terminus in Jersey Shore at mile-marker 168 up to Waterville and McConnell’s country store, a distance of about 11 miles. Flower situation: crown vetch (introduced into the United States in the 1950s for erosion control and now considered an invasive species)... click here for more

Trail Ride 05-26-2010

May 26 Ride On Wednesday, May 26, I rode 70 miles roundtrip from my home in Torbert Village to Bohen Run, one mile above Blackwell Village. Life was exploding all along the trail, both flowers and animals, with the temperature reaching into the upper 80s. Highlights included seeing four wood... click here for more

06-07-2010 Strong storms on Saturday and Sunday increased the flow on Pine Creek and also dropped the temperature back to the low to mid 60's. Trout were feeding during the morning hours and just at dark. B.W.O.'s during the morning and Olive spinners at night. Still some Sulphurs and Slate... click here for more