Hiked a 14.5 in and out route on the Buckeye Trail in the CVNP

 

Some people with pets

 I am not happy with the dog owners I saw today! If your on a hike and its hotter than the sun your pet needs water it is not rocket science! Poor long haired doggo!!

Hiking 13 miles on Saturday in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio

Time to switch gears

 I will be hiking more and fishing less. I will be getting into shape for the fall Monongahela National Forest Trip.

Here is why I am starting now to get into better shape!

This will be the hike to get to the start of the Pipeline Trail off the Seneca Rocks Trail!

Chimney Top Trail

Spruce Knob

Nelson Sods

 Once again, I had chosen to fly fish in Pennsylvania. I selected a stream in Forest County. Here I would have the opportunity to hook either a smallmouth bass and or some trout.

It’s never about the actual catching that I crave, but the planning and seeing the plan through. If I was to even hook a fish it would be icing on the cake for me.

I got up at 0400 and made plenty of coffee, had breakfast and headed out.

The weather called for rain and a lot of it at some point on Saturday.  I know I needed to stay on high alert because the area I was going to was prone to flash floods and at times the road I needed to drive onto washes out from time to time!

I started low down on the creek and with a single hander rod I picked up a small perch! I thought ok this is the first for me on a fly rod.

I walked about a mile down alternating the single-handed rod and then the switch rod.

The single-handed fly rod had a size #6 streamer and the switch rod had a size #10 streamer on.

The size #6 streamer was white mylar / deer hair with a mallard flank collar sparsely tied and the size #10 was grey over white and again sparsely tied.

With random 15 mph wind gusts from time to time, you knew the storm was getting closer.

It was an amazing feeling to pull trout and smallies out of the same area.

I went to an upper middle section of the creek to see what I could see. I walked down stream for about a mile before I found some good holding water.

Here I would be rewarded with one more Rainbow on the swing. Well kinda on the swing the trout took the fly mid strip.

In the upper middle stretch here, I used a #12 olive over white minnow pattern but really it looked like a tiny saltwater deceiver pattern!

I kept looking at the sky’s and the clouds began to get much darker. Then I could here thunder in the distance, and I kept listening to it to see if I could estimate how long I had.

It was moving fast and I needed to boogie out of there and get back to my car. The rain was heavy and the dense fog made it worse!

Sorry I am not as detailed in this entry. I have been up since 0400 and I am whooped. Be well my friends!

We will see how wet n wild the weather gets

 Supposedly Forest County, Pennsylvania will get some rain in the morning.  I hope this is a passing shower.  Then later in the afternoon the area is supposed to have a few thunderstorms.  So, I will have to watch the weather n make a judgement call when I wake up at 0500.   

Gear check done and headed out soon! 

Next weekend I will be in Forest County, Pennsylvania

I will be fly fishing some new waters and camping overnight to return on Sunday.