Clarion River Fly Fishing | Pennsylvania

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Комментарии • 64

  • @StumpCreekSentinel
    @StumpCreekSentinel 3 месяца назад +1

    I am glad to have found this video.
    In the 1990s, I was involved in the effort to have both the Clarion River and Mill Creek included in the Allegheny Wild and Scenic River legislation as Study Rivers, through a lobbying effort that saw the House version of the bill pass as an Amendment.
    In 1990, I began researching the exceptional characteristics that were given consideration in deciding whether or not these portions of the river might qualify for inclusion in our nation's Wild and Scenic Rivers system.
    On October 19, 1996, the United States Congress finally decided that a 51.7 mile segment of the Clarion River would be included.
    My focus was mainly given to the last 9 mile section of the river that runs from just below Cooksburg, down to the slackwaters of the Piney Dam reservoir; it was recognized with a Scenic designation due to it being relatively undeveloped and inaccessible.
    While the area has become a favorite vacation destination for padding the river, I see that anglers also have some awareness of the rivers opportunities for fishing as well.
    It was nice to have watched the many overviews of the rivers entrenched meander flowing through the beautiful wooded valleys.

  • @Cj-fw7up
    @Cj-fw7up 2 года назад +17

    The thing about secrets is not to tell them, that defeats the point of it being a secret. #themoreyouknow

    • @bbirdy109
      @bbirdy109 2 года назад +1

      "secret" is a loosely used term when talking about the Clarion.

    • @Cj-fw7up
      @Cj-fw7up 2 года назад +4

      To northeastern fisherman, it is known, but it doesnt need outside pressure. We’d like to keep it around for those who care about it before its turned into the Lehigh or upper Delaware.

    • @bbirdy109
      @bbirdy109 2 года назад +1

      @@Cj-fw7up Don't get your waders in a twist. There is plenty of river to go around, it'll be alright.

  • @maxmusdan2484
    @maxmusdan2484 2 года назад +11

    Looking forward to this video. The headwaters of the Clarion are about 25 minutes from where I live. Anxious to see what section of the river you will be fishing since this river is about 110 miles long.

  • @payakadventures
    @payakadventures 5 месяцев назад +1

    Stayed at the Clarion River Lodge many times in the 90s. It was true gem then. Looks like the new owners are doing a great job. Gonna have to plan another trip there. My son and I have kayak/camp/fished from Johnsonburg to the Cooksburg bridge many times. Wonderful section of river with lots of camping along the shores.

  • @nmuguy
    @nmuguy 2 года назад +8

    Nice! We need more episodes on Eastern and Great Lakes area streams in the USA.

  • @serich9722
    @serich9722 2 года назад +2

    My old stomping grounds!! Fished the Clarion River way upstream in Elk County!!! Best place to grow up!!

  • @SufferingOutdoors
    @SufferingOutdoors 2 года назад +4

    As a RUclips creator in pa that creates fly fishing content, I can say you nailed the video! You did an incredible job showing the beauty of my home state from the small mountain streams to our larger river systems. PA is an amazing state for fly fishing for trout and has a rich history around fly fishing.

    • @newflyfisher
      @newflyfisher  2 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @seahad4744
      @seahad4744 2 года назад

      agreed! Pa seems to be a slept on state for fishing

  • @jon8066
    @jon8066 Год назад +2

    I love the Clarion, and grew up in Erie. You will lose every-time fishing underneath those trout when they’re up like that. I’ve seen a lot of good anglers stumped by this. Fishing upper to mid column with soft hackles, cdc nymphs works a lot better. That’s a lesson that river taught me. Looks like it got you folks too. Pennsylvania rivers are not for the faint of heart, they will stump you time and time again. Greta river, that doesn’t get a lot of attention. Tough fishery at times. -tight lines. P.s. When they’re up like that especially with low surface activity during sulfer season, a cdc pheasant tail fished one to two feet below the surface will do justice!

  • @davidleard923
    @davidleard923 2 года назад +2

    Loved it! I grew up about 30 miles from the Clarion River and fished some of its tributaries. Had to cross it every time we went to my grandparents' house.

  • @arc6652
    @arc6652 2 года назад +2

    No place like home! Great video. My man Vic is a great guy. The Clarion River Lodge is absolutely beautiful and top notch. I recommend for anyone who's in the area visiting to check it out.

  • @greenwoodsbushhogging6704
    @greenwoodsbushhogging6704 2 года назад +3

    Glasses and a full brim "cowboy" style hat helps with not hooking the head as bad. Plus... they just look cool and keep the sun off you better.

    • @timbillings6884
      @timbillings6884 2 года назад +1

      I've been Flyfishing 56 years never hooked myself in the head! 🤷🏻‍♂️
      Maybe it's your casting!!! 🤔

    • @robertheal261
      @robertheal261 2 года назад

      @@timbillings6884 it must be the casting thing. I'll work on that.

  • @stodgy11
    @stodgy11 2 года назад +4

    Outstanding video! I'm a Elk County native and live about 20 miles from where they were fishing. We have big water and some super tributaries loaded with trout. Gotta check out the Clarion River Lodge sometime. I hear a lot of great comments about it. Nice job John (Straitiff)
    Pat Straub

    • @robertheal261
      @robertheal261 2 года назад +2

      Clarion River Lodge is worth seeing for sure and Vic and Marisa are top notch hosts. This facility will do well.

    • @straubdavid9
      @straubdavid9 Год назад

      Never fished the Clarion, but it looks like some wonderful water🐟🐟🐟Take care👍🏻✌🏻

  • @adventuretimefishinghunting
    @adventuretimefishinghunting 2 года назад +3

    This looks like as really nice place! Very cool experience!

  • @clarionriveryachtclub9170
    @clarionriveryachtclub9170 2 года назад +1

    Look forward to seeing the new lodge! 👍💯

  • @Anthony-eg7pw
    @Anthony-eg7pw 2 года назад +1

    Grandfather lives a few miles from where you filmed this. Headed back up mid October for some browns. This was prob the best summer fishing there I’ve ever had.

  • @jameswright4540
    @jameswright4540 2 года назад +2

    Great Video! I love my homewaters in PA.

  • @mcrorietube
    @mcrorietube 2 года назад +1

    Great video; especially the instruction on the streamer (mix up the retrieve if you are confident that fish are in the area)!

  • @davidwoodman8104
    @davidwoodman8104 2 года назад +1

    Great job Rob

  • @chasepontious1185
    @chasepontious1185 2 года назад +2

    That’s my backyard I’ve fished the same exact waters in the video my whole life and will be for the rest of my life

  • @straubdavid9
    @straubdavid9 Год назад

    One of my favorite streamers for trout and smallies is a Black Ghost with a white maribou wing, with about 4 strands of crystal flash on top of that wing. My other two are the Nine Three, and Royal Coachman. Oldies but goodies🐟🐟👍🏻✌🏻

  • @fifthelementfliesmvpattern4626
    @fifthelementfliesmvpattern4626 2 года назад +1

    This is great looking country I would love to wet my line here I have few boxes of dry flies just waiting perfect setting great content

  • @alyxparks5932
    @alyxparks5932 2 года назад +1

    Great episode, Rob!

  • @russellcongleton6990
    @russellcongleton6990 2 года назад +3

    Looking forward to fishing the Clarion. I think he should practice proper handling of fish. Dry hands aren't how you handle fish. Hemostats would be better.

  • @kevin339
    @kevin339 2 года назад +1

    Very good episode. Ya'll should go to Michigan sometime in 2022!

  • @TC-gq9ir
    @TC-gq9ir 4 месяца назад +1

    Just happened upon your video and it was definitely a great video. Lived in ridgway my whole life. Definitely a beautiful place to grow up. But sadly to say the fishing on the clarion river isn't as good as some may say. As you can see in the video that's how the fishing is most of the time anymore. It's a beautiful river and I'm not opposed to anybody enjoying the Great Outdoors but in the past few years theres definitely been alot more use of the river and It like anything. Sadly Eventually lt take its toll. Well at least that's been my experience of it. anyways.

  • @Greedilox
    @Greedilox 2 года назад +1

    So amazing! Been waiting for this one.

  • @jrcll7856
    @jrcll7856 2 года назад +1

    just wish the dry fly fishing on the Clarion was better, it would be nice to see early and late season BWO.. or a sulphur and a brown or green drake hatch.... that being said its still a great river to fish

  • @OntarioWoodlandAdventures
    @OntarioWoodlandAdventures Год назад

    Good stuff!

  • @calmwatersflyfishingjeffpa8391
    @calmwatersflyfishingjeffpa8391 2 года назад

    Awesome job Rob!!

  • @bigron8346
    @bigron8346 2 года назад

    Looks like a beautiful area!

  • @terbofish5788
    @terbofish5788 2 года назад +1

    Like the Joker said... Wait'll they get a whiff of me! Go fish below the paper plant! Whoooo.

    • @kicknit3935
      @kicknit3935 2 года назад

      Or the Crayola factory in easton!

  • @jasonbeary5771
    @jasonbeary5771 2 года назад +1

    Game changer. Looks just like a big Zonker in the water, TWENTY times the work tying it.

  • @levimesser6414
    @levimesser6414 2 года назад +1

    Pretty sure that small stream was one I grew up fishing.

  • @markbass9402
    @markbass9402 6 месяцев назад

    Best kept secret? Not any more!

  • @carlstritzinger6724
    @carlstritzinger6724 2 года назад +1

    Hi, I grew up in Allison Park and started with a 9' split bamboo rod when I was 9 fishing on Pine Creek. A few years later the Wildwood Mine ruined the creek and everything died. Today I have heard that it is again a good trout stream. So, anyone out there: have you fished it and was it great again, let me know and thanks.

  • @timbillings6884
    @timbillings6884 2 года назад

    Looks like a nice river!
    I live right on the Hoosic river in North Adams MA!!!
    Best Flyfishing around the north east!
    Been out west 22 times fishing the big rivers!!!
    Yellowstone!!!😊
    Grew up fishing the Battenkill in VT when it was good fishing 56 years ago.
    Never hooked myself ! 😂

  • @Gabriel_Apontes
    @Gabriel_Apontes 2 года назад +2

    Bom dia pessoal parabéns pela pescaria um abraço fique com Deus.

  • @anthonymiller6417
    @anthonymiller6417 2 года назад +2

    Probably should’ve just left this one on the editing bench

  • @prestoneasley3959
    @prestoneasley3959 2 года назад

    Come on down to the southeast

  • @bryanclem1625
    @bryanclem1625 2 года назад +9

    I'm really interested in any data or insight into how a video likes this positively benefits the river, fishery, or even the local economy. It feels like the host and channel is the only one benefitting through views and clicks. Also, this seems like a missed opportunity to highlight the history of the river and its significant improvements through environmental action. Instead, the host talked about learning to cast with your non-dominant hand... when he obviously has challenges casting with his dominant.

    • @newflyfisher
      @newflyfisher  2 года назад

      Bryan, sorry you were disappointed in this show. We had horrendous luck in terms of the weather and struggled to put something together. The year before we wanted to go but then there was a drought and water levels were exceptionally low, so we did not come. We do hope to come back and do more including info on the history of the river, the great work done by TU and volunteers for the brown trout fishery and more. Maybe even see the river at normal water levels, good hatches and more. However, despite the issues, we know this river and the surrounding area are incredible and we look forward to having another chance to fish it properly.

    • @FLYFISHTIE
      @FLYFISHTIE 2 года назад +2

      @@newflyfisher news to me on the TU front as the local TU President on much of that section I have not been contacted or put in the loop ever.

    • @davidtam7224
      @davidtam7224 2 года назад

      @@newflyfisher Nothing wrong with a realistic look at fly fishing. Who hasn't had a tough day on the water?

  • @swimmaster406
    @swimmaster406 2 года назад

    Great video but you definitely chose the wrong river to highlight. This one should’ve stayed lips sealed

    • @Anthony-eg7pw
      @Anthony-eg7pw 2 года назад

      Why’s that

    • @Anthony-eg7pw
      @Anthony-eg7pw 2 года назад

      They didn’t even catch anything , why you worried lol

  • @stanokeefe2713
    @stanokeefe2713 2 года назад

    someone give this guy a net

  • @drummer360
    @drummer360 4 месяца назад

    So much for following the code of ethics of best practice. In the beginning, on the tributaries, you spent too much time fumbling around trying to hand land the first two trout, when you should have used the net you had on your back. On the third trout, you were jarring the mouth trying to get the hook out, when you should have pulled your hemostats out and clamped on the hook to remove it to minimize jarring the trout's mouth trying to get the embedded hook out with your fingers. Disappointing from The New Fly Fisher.

  • @jairiver1822
    @jairiver1822 Год назад

    All the fish are gone they moved to bull creek.....dont waist your time thx

  • @tattvamasi_1
    @tattvamasi_1 2 года назад

    Дед слишком сильно давит кумжу руками, травмирует её 100%.
    Нахрена такое вообще представлять... 👎

  • @seahad4744
    @seahad4744 2 года назад +1

    If you are ever in south east PA, hit up the tulpehocken. nice keystone select creek. There are other creeks not too far that have wild trout. Will say the cover around our rivers and creeks can be something.