12-09-10 Pine is flowing at a great late fall level. Fishing has come to a stand still along with the end of the hatches. I can't see any real fly fishing on Pine until the spring. It was a strange year with the low, warm water conditions through out the... click here for more

12-16-10 Pine is still flowing above normal for this time of year. It looks great and is light olive in color, with lots of chunks of ice floating on the surface. Lots of snow showers blowing through the area. Very little snow on the ground. Ground water is slightly above... click here for more

02-15-11 : Pine is still covered with ice. Some water can be seen flowing in some areas. Snow pack in the valley is about 10 ionches of very dense snow. The mountain tops have about twice that amount. Warming weather is forecast during the next couple of weeks, so the... click here for more

02-19-2011 Warm weather the last couple of days melted a lot of snow and softened the ice on local streams. The ice went out of Pine last night (02-18-2011) Lots of melting snow soaked into the ground, charging up the deep water supply. More predicted snow next week should help... click here for more

02-15-2011; Still iced in. A predicted warming trend could open the runs up by the end of this coming week end. Lots of snow and ice in the mountains ... click here for more

03-01-2011: An inch of rain on top of lots of snow didn't bring Pine up as mich as I thought it might. The air temperatures didn't get as high as predicted, limiting the melt down. lots of snow remains in the valley and on top of the mountains, insuring an... click here for more

03-01-2011: Slate is in a pre-spring run off condition. Although it is not in a heavy run off, it is infishable at this time. The ice out was also kind of mild, helping the young of the year have a better survival rate. At this time the summer water flows... click here for more

03-07-2011:   We have had some extreme weather in the last couple of days. Just under 2 inches of rain and 8 inches of snow out of the same storm had an impact on the flow of Pine Creek. Pine jumped to about 13000 CFS before the snow set in. If you look... click here for more

03-07-2011: Slate is in it's second spring run-off, with more to come. Lots of snow and rain in the last couple of weeks have really impacted the local flow rates. Just under 2 inches of rain and lots of snow are keeping the streams running at a very high rate... click here for more

03-15-2011: Pine is dropping and clearing. We have had three weeks of snow and rain, along with melting snow. Lots of water in the ground. Another 3/4 of an inch is in the forecast for tomorrow. Warming weather is also in the forecast. The trend is slowly increasing temperatures over... click here for more

1St. Bike artical of the year

Time To Join Me On The Rail Trail By David Ira Kagan Out on March 13th on the Pine Creek Rail Trail, I rode my bicycle for the first time since January 5th. Although still a bit soft in places from the downpour a week... click here for more

Pine Creek Rail Trail Update - Dave Kagan March 20 th. 2011

Pine Creek Rail Trail March 20 Update For Bicyclists By David Ira Kagan It’s March 20, the first day of spring! Let the good news be heard! The wicked witch of winter is dead! The Pine Creek Rail Trail has finally shed its snow-and-ice coating... click here for more

03-17-20: Pine is dropping and clearing. It still has a while before it is fly fish-able. Most of the snow is gone in the valley and southern exposures of the mountains. The Red wing Blackbirds and Robbins have returned along with Canada Geese. Mergansers are waiting for the stocking... click here for more

03-23-2011: More rain and snow. Pine is still running very strong without any relief in sight. The next two weeks are forecasted to bring more snow and rain. The ground is saturated, but still taking on the added rain and snow. Looks like a wet high water early... click here for more

On The Trail With Dave Kagan 04-06-2011

Experiencing The Pine Creek Rail Trail In Early April By David Ira Kagan What is so very special about bicycling, walking or jogging along the Pine Creek Rail Trail at the beginning of April? When your spouse, your friends—even your enemies—tell you that you’re crazy,... click here for more

04-01-2011: More light snow over night. We were suppose to receive 5 inches of new snow, but it looks like that might be wrong. The snow should be over by this afternoon. Although Pine is finally below the 90 year average flow rate, we have a great water supply... click here for more

04-06-2011: More rain! ! 1.4 inches of rain along with melting snow has increased Pines flow to it's fourth very high condition this spring. The water was muddy this morning along with a very heavy flow. There is still snow on the mountain tops, so I guess that this... click here for more

04-08-2011; Slate was muddy as the latest storm pulled out of the area. I would imagine that we will see some stream relocations at the 2 mile and maybe the 7 mile. All that mud had to come from some where. Another inch of rain is in the forecast for... click here for more

04-08-2011: Pine is slowly dropping and clearing. Long range weather forecasts are calling for rain and showers over the next two weeks.Temperatures are predicted to start increasing for the next 7 days. We are going to have lots of water in Pine for the first couple of weeks of the... click here for more

04-13-11: More rain. Pine is still clear at this point. More rain and showers are predicted for the rest of the day. We missed the worst part of the storm yesterday. Pine is approaching 41/2 ft. so fly fishing is going to be very challenging. I will update this tomorrow... click here for more