There are some bed and breakfast's up in Boiling Springs, PA and the
Allenberry "Resort" which includes a theater show. I can't claim any
knowledge of the lodging up there, but the fishing on the Yellow
Breeches is good year round.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Eric Y. <theericyoung@gmail.com> wrote:
> Homestead waters are good. But if your trip is more about the resort and
> fishing is just the icing on the cake (I've found this to be true when my
> own agrees to something like this), Primland is where it is at. My first job
> out of college, we used to get taken down there by a paving company for
> three days of pheasant hunting. Primland knocks the socks off the Homestead
> and the Greenbrier. FWIW, it is apparently a favorite spot of Perk Perkins.
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:05:06 AM UTC-4, Alex Woods wrote:
>>
>> The Homestead has private water. It is catch and release only and I
>> suspect that beyond just stocking it they are actively putting food in
>> there. I have never seen so many fish in such a small amount of water. It's
>> a little trickle of a stream in dense forest, maybe three to five feet wide
>> with pools every thirty feet or so, and each pool has at least three hundred
>> trout in it. I'm exaggerating, but it did remind me of the story about the
>> Hudson before Europeans showed up, that you could walk across it on the
>> backs of the sturgeons. There is no need for waders, and you would do best
>> with a very short, light rod. I was fishing Tenkara there and ironically it
>> was almost impossible to get a good cast because of all the low branches.
>> Even doing slingshot casts, which I consider cheating, I would hit trees on
>> the wrong side of the pool. You're probably not doing Tenkara but if you are
>> bring your shortest line. Fun and challenging fishing. Also the Homestead is
>> a really nice place, great for a weekend getaway.
>>
>>
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Allenberry "Resort" which includes a theater show. I can't claim any
knowledge of the lodging up there, but the fishing on the Yellow
Breeches is good year round.
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Eric Y. <theericyoung@gmail.com> wrote:
> Homestead waters are good. But if your trip is more about the resort and
> fishing is just the icing on the cake (I've found this to be true when my
> own agrees to something like this), Primland is where it is at. My first job
> out of college, we used to get taken down there by a paving company for
> three days of pheasant hunting. Primland knocks the socks off the Homestead
> and the Greenbrier. FWIW, it is apparently a favorite spot of Perk Perkins.
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:05:06 AM UTC-4, Alex Woods wrote:
>>
>> The Homestead has private water. It is catch and release only and I
>> suspect that beyond just stocking it they are actively putting food in
>> there. I have never seen so many fish in such a small amount of water. It's
>> a little trickle of a stream in dense forest, maybe three to five feet wide
>> with pools every thirty feet or so, and each pool has at least three hundred
>> trout in it. I'm exaggerating, but it did remind me of the story about the
>> Hudson before Europeans showed up, that you could walk across it on the
>> backs of the sturgeons. There is no need for waders, and you would do best
>> with a very short, light rod. I was fishing Tenkara there and ironically it
>> was almost impossible to get a good cast because of all the low branches.
>> Even doing slingshot casts, which I consider cheating, I would hit trees on
>> the wrong side of the pool. You're probably not doing Tenkara but if you are
>> bring your shortest line. Fun and challenging fishing. Also the Homestead is
>> a really nice place, great for a weekend getaway.
>>
>>
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