Morgan Run Trout

Type: Nontidal
Region: Central
Location: Morgan Run

The day after DNR stocked this year, I found two dozen trout in this section of Morgan Run, all willing to follow everything I threw at them for an hour but none brave enough to strike. Yesterday was quite the opposite--not a trace of a fin in the crystalline stream. However a blind cast under the big limb in the background produced an instant hit and I landed a nice Rainbow Trout. Encouraged, I worked the stretch thoroughly and still failed to draw out any follows with my spinner, but I did manage another on-the-drop hookup pictured here. Maybe they were the only two fish in the area, but I'm glad they were aggressive.

Craving slightly more action, I drove to the Bowers Road access where I encountered two fly fisherman who advised me the fish in this area were rejecting spinners but seemed to be going for a worm imitation. I hit several bends downstream from them and finally achieved success with my Cr�me red plastic worm at the onset of darkness (photo 2). Thanks for the tip, guys. And thanks to DNR for stocking Morgan Run pre-season.