Report for the Fisherman

With the opening day of fishing season rapidly approaching it seemed like a good idea to give the WV fisherman a report on the conditions of the stream. Right now the Woodland Valley Creek is running very cloudy. It might still just be sorting itself out from the heavy rains of last week but it might be more problematic. For those of you who know the valley well I will tell you that the Dougherty Brook up here at the valley's end has been running muddy for the last several months. I am beginning to suspect that there is a clay strata that has opened in one of the prior high water events. Until that heals itself, it is likely that it will continue to dump cloudy water into the creek. Later next week when everything has settled down from the rain (and I have more time to investigate) I will try and figure out the source of the turbidity and report further. Only 13 more days until opening day on April 1st! Get those waders ready!