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Thu, 13 May 2010 09:53:40 EDT

Thu, 13 May 2010 09:53:40

May is a great time to buy a new fly rod at Slate Run Tackle shop. Buy a new Helios, Hydros, Trout Bum or TLS Orvis fly rod and receive a free Battenkill Bar Stock, Battenkill Mid Arbor or a Battenkill Largr Arbor reel of your choice --free. A value...

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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:23:31 EDT

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:23:31 Please check back soon for our first report on the stream conditions... ...

Historical Data

Sat, 15 May 2010 08:15:37 EDT

Sat, 15 May 2010 08:15:37

05-13-2010 The past four days presented very challenging conditions for fly fishing. High winds and cold temperatures Saturday and Sunday offered poor conditions on the stream. Short line fishing in the riffles and runs was about the only solution for those who fly fished. Rains on Monday and Tuesday raised...

Pine Creek

Wed, 05 May 2010 13:07:56 EDT

Wed, 05 May 2010 13:07:56 Pine has produced wonderful early season fly fishing this year.The hatches are early compared to the historical data that we used in the 60's and 70's. Weather pattern changes I guess. Very heavy adult egg laying Caddis flights the last two days. Still some Early Black Stone Flies around, but...

Biking The Pine Creek Trail With Dave Kagan

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:05:28 EDT

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:05:28

Dave rides the Pine Creek Trail nearly every day. He has biked every foot of the trail many times each year. He also wrote a wonderful book Pine Creek Villages, which covers the history of all the villages on lower Pine Creek. His book is available at our store. The...

May 17 Ride

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:03:37 EDT

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:03:37 From my home in Torbert Village north to Dry Run Comfort Station 2 miles above Waterville, I enjoyed the current proliferation of purple and white Dame’s rockets, yellow rockets and the five-petaled, white flowers of the rasberry plant, all along the rail trail. The smaller, white flowers of another invasive...

Thu, 20 May 2010 08:26:21 EDT

Thu, 20 May 2010 08:26:21 05-16-2010 6:50 AM Pine dropped some over night. It is below the magic 3ft level, making it fly fishable and wadable in some locations. The clarity is very acceptable for fishing, being a light Olive. Some flyfishers did very well yesterday with small drifting nymphs and no competition from other...

Thu, 20 May 2010 08:28:59 EDT

Thu, 20 May 2010 08:28:59 05-17-2010 Pine is fishing very well today. Lots of Sulphurs and the trout are looking up. Light showers are predicted for today and periods of rain tonight. It doesn't sound like it will impact the stream flow at this time. Good weather is predicted for the rest of the week....

Sun, 23 May 2010 08:12:04 EDT

Sun, 23 May 2010 08:12:04 05-19-2010 The rains and showers have finally moved through the area. Pine came up a bit from the rains, but still under 3ft. The water is Olive and very fishable. A little stronger flow than some people like, but we are still getting good reports from Pine. Hatches are mixed...

Sun, 23 May 2010 08:42:28 EDT

Sun, 23 May 2010 08:42:28 O5-21-2010 Pine is back to it's 90 year average flow rate. Beautiful Olive color and the temperature is in the upper 50's. Moderate fly activity yesterday. A few nice fish caught, but less than I would expect. A light shower or thunder storm is predicted for tomorrow along with slightly...

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:08:29 EDT

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:08:29 05-23-2010 Most of the better feeding activity on Pine was during the morning and late at night. The Golden Stones hatched during the last couple of days. The hatch is as strong as the western stone fly hatches, but is mainly nocturnal. Fishing wet flies at night is productive, but...

Tue, 25 May 2010 07:27:30 EDT

Tue, 25 May 2010 07:27:30 05-24-2010 3:11 P.M. The Drakes have arrived in good numbers. They have been hatching sporadically for the past few days. There are spinners in the air from the early hatches. Tonight may be a heavy hatch. We will let you know. Good fishing both early and late, with slower nymph...

May 25th. Trail Ride

Tue, 25 May 2010 13:31:40 EDT

Tue, 25 May 2010 13:31:40 May 20-24 Rides
I have now passed 2200 miles of cycling this year, most of them on the rail trail. On Friday, May 21, I rode 47 miles, a roundtrip from my home in Torbert Village to Wolfe’s General Store in Slate Run, where I “wolfed” down a delicious...

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:03:16 EDT

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:03:16 Pine produced another fine evening of surface activity Mondat night. Very little activity until the last 20 to 30 minutes of day light. Than very good until after 1030 P.M. It may have lasted longer I would suspect.Of course fishing to spinner falls after dark is not the easiest form...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:25:10 EDT

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:25:10 05-27-2010 2:09 P.M. Pine has warmed over the past few days.Temperatures pushed into the mid 70's before a thunder storm moved through the area and gave us some relief. Feeding moved to early morning and just at dark an into the night. Storms predicted over the next few days should...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:24:27 EDT

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:24:27 06 - 02 - 2010 Pine received a much needed influx of water with the recent storms that moved through the area. About 2 inches of rain increased the volume to just above normal for the year. Fishing is still very active early morning to about 10 A.M. and than...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:26:09 EDT

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:26:09 06-02-2010 10:04 A.M. Slate Run received a volume increase with storms the last couple of days. Fisherman reports would indicate that the run is fishing better this year than the past couple of years. Fly activity is normal. ...

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:27:41 EDT

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:27:41 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...

Trail Ride 05-26-2010

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:42:38 EDT

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:42:38 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...

June 3rd. Pine Creek Trail - Dave Kagan

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:11:58 EDT

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:11:58 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...