Stream: | Beaver Creek (Hagerstown, MD) |
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Date of Update: | 12/21/2024 |
Author: | Precision Fly & Tackle Staff |
Highlight: | Stay clear of actively spawning browns, and please be aware as not to walk across any redds. |
Stream Level: | Low |
Water Temp: | 42 degrees |
Clarity: | Clear |
Fishing Overview: | Hatches have slowed, but fish are actively feeding on nymphs, emerger, and soft hackle flies. Streamer fishing this time of year can be productive also. |
Specifics and Tips: | Small black caddis, midge, bwo's, and early winter stoneflies are working well. Try streamers in the deeper pools, undercuts, and root balls along the banks. Use a stealthy approach. |
What's Hatching: | Caddis, cress bugs, scuds, bwo's, midges, stoneflies small streamers |
Fly Patterns: |
Simple Shrimp - sz. 16-18, Cress bug - sz. 14-16, Snowshoe Emerger Baetis - sz. 16-20, Flashback P.T. - sz. 16-20, Zebra Midge - sz. 18-22, Split Back BWO - sz. 16-20, Early Black Stonefly - sz. 16-18, Walts Worm - sz. 14-18, Back Elk Wing Caddis Caddis - sz. 10-12, Puff Daddy BWO - sz. 14-16, Slumbuster - sz. 6-10, Griffiths Gnat - sz. 16-20 |