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Limestone Trout — Two Rigs
Spring creeks · R3 · spinner + float-jig · stealth is the rig.
SALMO TRUTTA
DAWN DUSK YEAR-ROUND 50° WATER · LOW LIGHT BEST CHECK PA SPECIAL REGS
A · INLINE SPINNER (THE SEARCHER)
FG UNI 8 lb braid › FG 24" of 4-6 lb fluoro — spring water is gin; the light leader earns bites UNI direct — no snap snaps kill small-spinner action + spook fish Mepps #0-#1 / PM 1/16-1/8 silver bright · gold overcast; SINGLE HOOK where regs say
B · FLOAT & MICRO-JIG (THE SURGEON)
FG 8" Small fixed float set 1-1.5x water depth 4 lb fluoro below the float split shot 8" above the jig 1/64-1/32 micro jig Trout Magnet body; drift it dead through the run
PA REGS + APPROACH
REGS FIRST  Many Lancaster-area stream sections are special regulation — DHALO / Fly-Only water is artificial-or-fly-only, some catch-and-release. Check the PA Summary book PER SECTION before the first cast. License + trout permit per angler (D11).
APPROACH  Fish UPSTREAM — trout face the current. Drab clothing, low profile, stay off the skyline. One sloppy cast ends a limestone pool; the first drift is the one that counts.
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Limestone Trout — How-To
FRESH / R3
SPEC
RIG
R3: Trout Series 6'10" L/XF · Vanford 2500
LINE
8 lb braid > 24" of 4-6 lb fluoro
LURES
Mepps #0-#1 · PM 1/16-1/8 · micro jigs
BAIT
Redworm #8-10 — legal water ONLY
WHERE
Lititz Run class waters · spring creeks
WHEN
Year-round water temps · low light best
RIGGING SEQUENCE
1FG the 8 lb braid to 4-6 lb fluoro.
2Spinner: UNI direct, no hardware.
3Float rig: float, shot 8" up, UNI to jig.
4Special-reg water: swap trebles to singles BEFORE you arrive (F1 carries them).
FISHING IT
1Spinner: cast up-and-across, retrieve just faster than the current, blade always turning. Swing it past undercut banks and cress edges.
2Float: dead-drift the run, mend slack, strike any hesitation.
CURRENT UNDERCUT BANK CRESS EDGE YOU — FISH UPSTREAM SWING
KEYS
Limestone creeks run 50s year-round — trout feed every month, and so can you. The spinner finds fish; the float-jig catches the ones that refused it. Release wild browns wet-handed and fast; these small streams are the whole show, treat them like it.
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