FIN-ITE 34
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With Van Campens Glen access closed, can I get any feedback on fishing any of the other sections of the brook? Fly suggestions?
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Van Campens Brook
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lightenup
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I hope that access never opens again..it is a breeding ground for destructive undesirables.....just park at the lake(pond, reservoir), whatever they call that thing, and hike down stream......under the power lines....long walk, but well worth keeping idiots out of the access...
I agree with lightenup. Starting in June you get way too many hooligans swimming and acting like idiots in the best pools on the stream. There's a small gravel pull off right before a bridge that crosses over Van Campens Brook on Old Mine Road. I usually park there and work up to the glen and beyond. Streamers, especially woolly buggers with a little weight on them, are deadly in the deep pools. Most of the stream is excellent water so you can try just about anywhere.
Rusty Spinner
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On a side note, if any of you notices wild rainbows spawning in this stream, please shoot me a PM. There's a master's program documenting when our wild bows do their thing in this state. Thanks in advance.
Trouser Trout
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
The reality is millions of people live within a one hour drive of VKB and it amazes how well it holds up and how well it is preserved. The hooligans swimming in it may be extremely annoying but in reality they protect the fish by keeping fisherman away, also i am not one that believes trout need to be handled like a Faberge' egg but, if you are fishing in water that people are swimming in you better check the water temperature.
lightenup
A fan of Boobery
T.T. ....swimming is not allowed in the creek..there are signs everywhere...littering, as we all know is bad...is not allowed there either..the NPS does nothing about it, they have many excuses(some of which are valid), so it is better keeping the access closed. It protects the stream and the trout from fisherman, and littering, and swimmers...
another point, several swimmers have been seriously injured or killed in that creek, it is not safe to swim in,..yes I know natural selection and all, but keep it closed...
I can't believe I agree with duane..haha
another point, several swimmers have been seriously injured or killed in that creek, it is not safe to swim in,..yes I know natural selection and all, but keep it closed...
I can't believe I agree with duane..haha
Rusty Spinner
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My father used to stock them for California Fisheries up in the Sierra Mountains where he grew up by dumping them out of a Cessna on fly overs. I agree!
This past July I drove an hour up to Van Campens just to turn around and go back home. The best area of the stream was infested with low-life bums. They were covering about a quarter mile of the stream. I couldn't even get a line in the water. The glen parking area was closed at the time so I don't think closing the glen for good will have much effect.
Rusty Spinner
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lightenup
A fan of Boobery
Fish with large treble hooks. That will dissuade some of those illegal bathers
Tie a griffith's gnat on that hook and you may even get a land locked Tarpon!!!!!:hubbahubba:
Trouser Trout
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Did it take you an hour to get back home too?
Trouser Trout
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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lightenup
A fan of Boobery
Barleywine
Member
TT, that's a nice trout on your new avatar, but wouldn't you rather drink a Sierra Nevada Torpedo?
Trouser Trout
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
The Oktoberfest beers this season have been wonderful. Spaten and Hacker have been my two favorites. And that is the prettiest trout pic ever posted to NEFF.
tomfly
The only thing left should be foot prints.
TT you are ramming you thumb down that fish’s gullet. Were you testing it to see if you winky will fit?
Have been fishing VCB for more than 40 years now and used to camp, fish, and swim right along the creek. First place I got my limit on dries. Donkey Corners Road followed the creek and went over the hill to Haney's Mill on the Flat Brook. Then the feds took it over, the remaining landowners got feisty (none left now), most of the roads were closed, and we were left with rules, rules, rules, and more rules. I know you need some rules to deal with the crowds, but I do miss the old days. I think kids should find somewhere they can swim in creeks because it is a great experience. However, it is so close to so many people it is hard not to be loved to death. Same thing for Dunnfield Hollow where I was taught to swing gaudy winged wets (favorite was a Silver Doctor) for brookies back around 1964. Guys that taught me learned back in the 20's and were a link to a very old tradition that is becoming forgotten by most. At the time it was almost a private preserve for Warren Co folks. That isn't the case any more.
As far as enforcement, I have witnessed some major round-ups up there. One when I went up with Fredy and the R&VTU crowd. When the house that is above the gorge had a ranger living in it the glen was patrolled pretty well.
As far as enforcement, I have witnessed some major round-ups up there. One when I went up with Fredy and the R&VTU crowd. When the house that is above the gorge had a ranger living in it the glen was patrolled pretty well.
Trouser Trout
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
TT you are ramming you thumb down that fish’s gullet. Were you testing it to see if you winky will fit?
I figured since I just took my Phoebe out anything goes......
FIN-ITE 34
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I'd like to report back on my trip to VCB this weekend. I decided to obey the "Area Closed" posting and limited myself to the stretch below Old Mine Road, above the Glen to Water Gate and Above Water Gate. I have to say it was one of my best days on a WTS to date. I totaled 17 fish on a #16 Hi-Vis parachute olive. Browns below OMR, largest 13". Brookies and Bows above, with a good number of fish in the 10" range. There was no hatch to say, only a few caddis and small olives coming off now and again, but there was a fish at the head of every pool or undercut. Now for the good part. As I was fishing above the Glen to Water Gate, I passed under the old bridge over Brink Road. I chucked my fly under the bridge a few times with no takers and continued up under the bridge. Well I spooked a trout from under the bridge stone foundation that had to be at least 16-17". I figured that that was a fish that nobody would ever catch and I continued on. Not easy fishing, very short line and quite a few back casts in the trees, but that is to be expected under those conditions. Beautiful day, great day fishing and I managed to stay out of the closed off area.
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