Try nightcrawlers, small spinners, or elk hair caddis and Wulff patterns. Hatches of small caddis and mayflies are now occurring. The main river and its tributaries are a good alternative if fishing in the reservoirs is slow. Releases from Minersville Reservoir should decrease by mid September, reducing flows in the lower river. Browns begin prespawn activities and get more aggressive this time of year.
Recent surveys show high numbers of browns and whitefish.
Access is good to the top. September is a good time to try for brookies if you're in the area for the hunts. A standard technique for the Boulder Mountain is fishing a black marabou jig. Leech, damsel fly, scud are good patterns for flyfishing. This regulation is designed to help maintain some of the quality fisheries now present by limiting the harvest of larger fish and at the same time allow harvest of smaller fish where there may be problems with over-population and stunting.