BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- The limestone streams of central Pennsylvania famously pour from the ground at precisely the cool temperatures favorable to trout. But on a chilly January mountain morning on Spring Creek, the brown trout waited for some warming sunlight to break through the clouds.
Winter trout fishing lets us get a jump on the season. Most of the time it gets me out of the house and on the stream even though I've learned not to expect a lot of action; still, I've taken some terrific fish over the years in the months that most anglers spend indoors.