Elk Creek

Flow now

Fishing Creek near Lamar, PA, 4 mi from the river.

55cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

Water temperature at the gauge: 50°F.

Also gauged at Bald Eagle Creek near Beech Creek Station, PA: 276 cfs, Nov 12.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

• Midgessizes 18 to 22
• Small eggs and worms
• Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator

Not enough daily record at this gauge to say what the week usually runs. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.

• Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

Fly shops on this water

• FishUSA FairviewWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 9
• The Feathered Hook CoburnWebsiteFishing report, updated May 19

Nearby waters

• Pine Creek (Centre Co.)5 mi
• Penns Creek12 mi
• Young Womans Creek34 mi
• Pine Creek40 mi
• Kettle Creek41 mi
• Little Juniata River46 mi

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