Author: Mike Keryeski

I could put a pic of a big fish up, but I will have to wait for Dan to send me one of the fish he caught. I did manage a few today, but nothing worth pulling my camera out for.
Dan nailed this biggie at the walking bridge, and with a steep bank, and no net it was a trip landing this guy.
It was really cold, but getting this biggie to end the day sent us home warm and contented and glad we made the trip up.
A fellow fisherman shared a wonderful lunch with us and that is what the club is all about, great fish, great water, wonderful guys, and a lunker for Dan, make the Yellow Creek Trout Club the special place it is…Ooops…here is the pic…Nice fish, Dan

the limestone and some new fish, we braved the extreme cold weather and fished for a few hours.
We started out a little slow, but when we got to the hole above the curve, we pulled out 3 fish, one clearly over 20 and 2 close to that. Wooly buggers were Steve’s choice, mine came on big egg flies.
Below the new dam and at the boulder hole we managed a few small ones, and after a quick break, we hit the step dam. Clinic is the word to describe the action there. One after another fell to our bugger imitations and we finished out the day there nailing fish after fish after fish.
The weather wasn’t so cold after that…another great day at the club for sure. Picking one pic was tough. A good problem to have for sure.

at the club.
Met Steve at dawn and off we went.
I got one on the first cast despite the unfavorable conditions, which I promptly lost. Picked up a second fish below the lower quad bridge and here begins the story of the day. Hooked the fish from the bridge, and when I tried to finagle the rod under a fallen tree below the bridge, I got the line hopelessly tangled on a tree. Steve to the rescue.
He got out of the creek, and climbed down over a steep hill, waded out in the strong, high water and I handed the rod down to him. Steve broke off a branch that freed the fish and then he passed the rod back to me, below the tangle. I got him close to shore and Steve scooped him up and held him for the photo. It was a mad scramble filled with lots of laughs, but a happy ending to a really cold morning at Yellow. As a testament to this wonderful fishery, even in the worst conditions we managed to catch 4 fish.

Made the drive up to find the secret hole packed, and I mean packed with guys. Caught one on my 2nd cast and I thought, uh, oh, here comes a banner day….that was the only fish I got there. Did see maybe 5 other fish caught, but left after 2 hours of pointless casting, due to a crumby spot.
Went to the legion hole and there I caught 5 more fish, the first one there on my second cast. Sounds like a banner day, but it was more like a fish/hour. That being said, though, every fish I caught were pretty fresh and pretty big. Well worth the 4 AM start, 2.5 hr drive, and the cold weather…we had about an inch of snow on the ground.
With the perfect water I thought more action should have been had, but glad I made the trip.

for the longest time, but I had the urge to fish the club. Glad I did.
Got there at first light and got a fish on my first cast. After that I had to work for them, but did manage around 8 fish.
The one pictured came from the curve, and all of the others were caught in other places. The hole above the curve yielded 3, while all the others were one and done. The low water was the cause of that.
The club and everything else for that matter needs rain, a good steady downpour.