Owens Creek

[Robert Shane]

Fished for about two hours on Owens Creek up at the Roddy Rd Covered bridge. Hooked into two decent trout but didn't land any. Spotted a bunch of trout (and suckers) right there below the bridge. Water was very low, slow and clear; as to be expected in July. 

I noticed as we were driving looking for other holes to fish there aren't a ton of access points to the creek and very limited parking. Does anyone know of anywhere other than here to stop and fish that don't require a ton of wading down the creek? I have bad knees and it's tough for me to walk too far.

[Mike Banaszewski]

I haven't fished Owens Creek that much, but the Greendrake and Elbow pools on Big Hunting Creek are pretty easy to access and are productive - maybe a 100 yd or so walk down a well used path.  There is a moderate hill but no rock hopping like in the Gorge section.  The Culvert Pool at the intersection of 77 and Catoctin Hollow Rd is also fairly easy to access.