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    The Cross Fork Experience
    Ralph Scherder
    • May 8
    • 6 min

    The Cross Fork Experience

    Like many excursions, I ended up on a different stream than I set out for. My target had been Kettle Creek, and I had every intention of...
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    April Showers Bring...Blue Quills on First Fork!
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 23
    • 6 min

    April Showers Bring...Blue Quills on First Fork!

    I caught two trout on my first two casts before I realized there was a full scale Blue Quill hatch going on and trout were rising all...
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    Steel City Trout: 3 Pittsburgh Area Streams Worth a Visit
    Ralph Scherder
    • Mar 9
    • 4 min

    Steel City Trout: 3 Pittsburgh Area Streams Worth a Visit

    By 1840, Pittsburgh had grown into one of the largest cities west of the Allegheny Mountains in large part due to its production of iron,...
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    Exploring the Hickory Creek Wilderness
    Ralph Scherder
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Exploring the Hickory Creek Wilderness

    In 1984, the United States Congress designated 8,663 acres in northwestern Pennsylvania as the Hickory Creek Wilderness. The purpose of...
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    PA's Forgotten Limestoner: Yellow Creek, Bedford County
    Ralph Scherder
    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 9 min

    PA's Forgotten Limestoner: Yellow Creek, Bedford County

    Yellow Creek is perhaps the least-known of Pennsylvania’s limestone streams, but it just might be the best. Of course, least-known...
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    A 3-Stream Tour of the Allegheny National Forest
    Ralph Scherder
    • May 24, 2021
    • 8 min

    A 3-Stream Tour of the Allegheny National Forest

    It was a foggy, rainy Saturday morning when Greg Wickline and I headed to the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). Salmon Creek and a few...
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    Wire to Wire on Spruce Creek
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 6 min

    Wire to Wire on Spruce Creek

    I followed Route 453 South from Tyrone, glancing down at the Little Juniata River flowing low and clear in the early morning light. For...
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    Home Waters: First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    Home Waters: First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek

    There’s a ritual to arriving at camp. I unlock the door and step inside where it’s nice and cool and the air has that familiar, camp...
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    Exploring New Waters: Spring Creek, PA
    Ralph Scherder
    • Apr 14, 2021
    • 7 min

    Exploring New Waters: Spring Creek, PA

    A crew of workers and machinery blocked the road leading to Fisherman’s Paradise, and the woman in charge of traffic informed me that it...
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    Low Water Tactics: Fishing the Buffalo Creek DHALO
    Ralph Scherder
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 7 min

    Low Water Tactics: Fishing the Buffalo Creek DHALO

    With only half a day to fish last week, I opted for home waters. I was due to pick my two kids up at daycare that afternoon, so I didn’t...
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    Piney Creek DHALO
    Ralph Scherder
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Piney Creek DHALO

    As I pulled into the parking area within Old Mill Park, I saw a guy downstream netting a trout. In the time it took me to string up my...
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    Chillin' on the Cool Spring Creek DHALO
    Ralph Scherder
    • Mar 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    Chillin' on the Cool Spring Creek DHALO

    I stopped at the Neshannock Creek Fly Shop on my way to Cool Spring Creek to replenish some fly tying supplies. When the guy behind the...
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    Fly Fishing the Oil Creek Region
    Ralph Scherder
    • Mar 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Fly Fishing the Oil Creek Region

    One of my earliest fishing memories is driving across the bridge in Oil City as caddisflies plastered the windshield. They were...
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    Deer Creek DHALO
    Ralph Scherder
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    Deer Creek DHALO

    A diamond in the rough, that’s how a fellow fly fisherman described Deer Creek in Allegheny County. But diamond may be a bit too...
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    Laurel Highlands Trout Trail
    Ralph Scherder
    • Feb 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Laurel Highlands Trout Trail

    Forget Marcellus Shale, coal mining, or timbering – water is still our number one resource. And when it comes to trout streams, in...
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    Neshannock Creek Revisited
    Ralph Scherder
    • Jan 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Neshannock Creek Revisited

    Note: I've written about Neshannock Creek in the past here on Keystone Fly Fisher. That original entry focused around my first trip to...
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    Upper West Branch Susquehanna River
    Ralph Scherder
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Upper West Branch Susquehanna River

    As evening settled in, the stream’s smooth surface became dotted with the rings of feeding trout. Seemingly gnat-sized mayflies fluttered...
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    Ghost Town Trail
    Ralph Scherder
    • Nov 6, 2020
    • 6 min

    Ghost Town Trail

    Although not exactly a fly fishing destination, Ghost Town Trail is still a great place to visit and there is fishing nearby at Yellow...
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    Clarion River and its Tributaries
    Ralph Scherder
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Clarion River and its Tributaries

    The Clarion River almost ruined me. My first day fishing there, I landed an even dozen wild brown trout, two of which measured over 20...
    1,610 views0 comments
    First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek
    Ralph Scherder
    • Aug 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek

    First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek will always be my home stream. More than that, it's my "place." It's where I go to unwind and relax and...
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