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SWPA was predicting minimum flow today but bumped the flow up to a little less than 1 unit. That level still provides plenty of wading opportunities. I went to the Cotter access and had a good morning. Very few people out and only 1 trailer in the parking lot. Ended the morning with lots of rainbows and a couple medium size browns. Best fly today was a size 12 olive/brown woolly bugger. Here is the best rainbow of the morning...

My Grandparents lived in that area. One was on the Lackawaxen River in the town of Rowland and the other was on the Delaware River in the town of Milanville. We used to spend the summers up there fishing for trout and smallmouths in the rivers and occasionally fished at Wallenpaupack for walleyes. Also had an uncle that lived in Lake Ariel and raised chickens.

Those old fly rods are great finds. I refurbished an old 4wt, 8 foot Shakespeare Wonder rod my Dad loved to use at Bennett Spring back in the 60's. I still take it out occaisionally just for the memories.

We are having lots of minimum flow water that makes for some great wading opportunities. I went to the Narrows this morning and had a good trip. Lots of rainbows and 1 brown. Best fly today was a size 14 slush egg. While walking up the bank I spooked a nice fish and made a mental note of where it was holding. About an hour later on my way back to the truck I fished that area and got lucky and hooked what turned out to be this nice male rainbow.

About 4 miles upstream from Wildcat access on Denton Ferry road.

SWPA has been running water in the mornings this week, so I made a trip to Three Chutes this afternoon after the water went down. Fishing was good with lots of rainbows, 2 browns and 1 cuttie. Best flies were a size 14 scud and a size 16 egg pattern under an indicator. Here is the best one today on the scud.

I have been fishing up here on the White River since 2017 and have never caught a crappie. WTG. 👍

Rim has been good, as well as Cotter and Roundhouse, which are easier to wade.

I'll not be fishing this weekend as my daughter and her family are coming for a visit and the local Christmas celebrations. Hope you all catch some big ones and look forward to the pictures.

Gotta love the minimum flows for some great wading opportunities. Went back to Rim Shoals this morning and hiked down the trail to try some different water. The fishing was good with some nice rainbows and a few browns. Best flies this morning was a tandem soft hackle setup swung across stream and stripped back. Only saw one other fisherman and one guide boat. As I have said before, the average size of the fish seems to be better and they appear to be eating well. Here's some pics...

Waded at the walk-in access this morning and had a good trip. Best flies today were ruby midges, soft hackles and a few on eggs. It seems to me that the average size of the rainbows has increased since the closure. Ended the morning with lots of rainbows and a couple browns. Nothing huge, but lots of fat 14-15" rainbows. Here are a few of the better ones.

That catfish looks like some good eats to me.

I have been checked many times here on the White and Norfork tailwaters. Most of the times have been in the C&R areas and they first ask to see my fly to check that it is barbless, then want to see the license. I have a senior lifetime license with all the add-ons you can get. The Marion County GW doesn't check my license anymore since he has seen it plenty of times.

Waded at Roundhouse this morning and had a good outing. Saw some BWO's coming up early and caught a few on top, which is always fun. Switched to a tandem soft hackle rig and that worked better. Ended the morning with lots of rainbows and a couple browns. I have noticed the average size of the trout seems to be better since the closure and the fish are fatter. Nothing big today, but still a fun day. Here's a couple of the better ones.

SWPA ran water yesterday until 11 am, so I made an afternoon trip to the Narrows after the water went down. Fishing was good with lots of rainbows, 2 browns and a few small cutts. There was a small hatch of what appeared to be BWO's, so I tied on a size 18 BWO and caught a few on top. Other than that, the best flies were orange eggs and scuds under an indicator. I saw the rainbow in the attached picture come up to investigate the BWO but didn't take it. I switched back to the egg and after a few casts, got it to take the egg. That turned out to be the best one of the day at 19".