The Drake

Small Streams, Big Bugs

THE WEEK THAT clings to the first days of June produces a unique blend of hatches and conditions in Pennsylvania. With flows dropping and bugs beginning to emerge, the first push of summer sends anglers to the river, hoping to catch the tail of our state’s peak season.

My father and I search the Allegheny Front for wild places and wild trout. We aren’t interested in the inundated banks of Spring or Penns Creek. Instead, we long for the fine blue lines that creep down

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