I spent the day with guide and Trout Unlimited member Mike Heck in Chambersburg. Mike showed me a couple of brookie streams found in nearby state parks. These were great little streams with a lot of healthy small brookies. These streams provided an interesting contrast from those I fished in Maryland. While healthy, they lacked the big brookies in the 8-10 inch range. This is probably due to the fact that people can catch, keep and eat these tasty fish. It doesn't take too many worms and bobbers to remove the top tier brookies from small streams - thus the need for no take streams.
We also fished the world class rainbow and brown stream Falling Spring. I caught two 'bows and missed a brown on a dry fly. This is a beautiful suburban stream. It runs through the front yards of many folks who have granted access to fly fishermen through the hard work of Mike and other TU members. This stream represents a great example of public/private partnership working to improve a stream while at the same time allowing people to enjoy it.
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