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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 18:06:06
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Gosh, last time I invite you to my house  .. LOL Very nice !!
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 18:47:10
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How could you kick paddle yourself back to shore after dealing with that cold water? Burrrrrrr. Nice, fat rainbows. Congrats. Should have thrown my strymph at them, strip, strip, strip.....bam!!!!
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 18:49:04
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Charlie, i just showed my son and daughter your pics. Rainbow trout are both of their favorite fish. They said thanks for sharing  Oh yeah, and thanks for making my mouth water and wish i was trout fishing ... 
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 19:48:34
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fichy
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 19:59:22
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Your kids are more than welcome, Dime. I hope I get to meet them someday. I'm sure I'll fish with your son and you sometime. Gerry, the strymph is gonna get greased and used for topwater smallies. I've almost got them up to the top- been using 1/0 bucktail deceivers and they've been taking about 2' below the surface. Next warm spell. Bet they'd kill the smallies on the SR. Either that or end up with a skam or atlantic... Charlie
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 22:02:30
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 23:21:17
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Charlie,those are really nice bows.You mentioned that they are stocked by a great hatchery,is that a state facility?If so I only wish Penna. could stock something close to that,here most are in the 8"-12" range and would make good Striper bait.
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RE: just bows
2012/04/25 23:25:23
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They used to stock Kettle Creek Pa. with lunkers until they declared it a "natural fishery", yes 8" trout are natural.................those are some nice hefty bows you got there fichy!
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fichy
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 08:33:39
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Jack, Vermont and New York both have programs for stocking 2 yr old fish, usually in the 15"+ range. They don't do it in every stream, but most of the larger get them. In my area, the Battenkill gets a healthy dose of 2 yr. old browns. They acclimate and survive beyond the first year, and it provides for some very nice looking 20" fish! There isn't many, but great when you get one. New York seems to stock more browns, Vt. rainbows. Brookies are generally stocked in the mountain regions of the Adirondacks and the Greens. There are some select places where they put the brood stock in- they can go 8lbs.  Not big by our steel standards, but when you have a 2 wt. instead of a 7 or 8 , you're in for a battle. The rainbows in the lakes are my favorite. They quickly adjust to their habitat and start feeding on insects. In a few weeks I'll be throwing sz. 20-22 midge emergers at them. Charlie
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 09:36:46
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Fichy-Palomino midge is one of my favorites fished on 6X-7x tippet in the film. It's simple to tie but very effective particularly in the slower tailout section of a pool. Midge pupas on a dead drift are also very productive. Gray, green, red, black, brown, tan and sulphur yellow in sizes 18-24 and you can have a blast.
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 09:40:46
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Here in Pennsyltucky they sprinkle a few 2 yr old fish in their regular stockings and sometimes get rid of the big breeders (6-10lbs),but they are are few and far between.The problem I have is there are no quality trout streams or lakes near me,I have a two hour drive to get to anything decent.The only exception to that is the Big Lehigh,I can fish some decent water there about 10 -15 miles away.So,I spend my time walking my Boxer dog and dreaming about Sept.,I just can't get excited with what I have near me.You're fortunate to have that quality water nearby so keep posting those pictures as I'm sure there are many that enjoy them.
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 12:37:28
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 15:00:11
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 17:02:54
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Jack, if you ever run into that scenario again, there's several ways to get around using the trico spinners. Since the trout are feeding on several at a time, usually, you can use something that portrays a midge cluster. The best I know of is a Griffith's Gnat. It's a body of peacock herl with a grizzly hackle palmered the length of the shank. I would use an 18 and time my drift to coincide with the rise of the fish. They generally get in a rythm for trikes. Another choice is a black ant with a white post. That or fish a trico spinner trailed off a parachute pattern as an indicator/locator. I just suck at fishing for steel on the SR, I do have a clue for other fish. Charlie
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 17:40:10
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Its been a while as said before since my microscopic dry fly days,but when i fished trico hatches i would tie a double for two reasons...1: its common to see two following each other...sometimes male and female...meaning one black and one olive...
2: its a heck of a lot easier seeing a 16 rather than a 22 or 24
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RE: just bows
2012/04/26 19:25:55
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Griffith's Gnat works anytime you have midges on the water or for the Trico hatch. Keep it drag free and you will catch fish. The other pattern that does extremely well is a Klinkhammer, represents a crippled emerger that trout key in on. Easy to see on the water with a white, pink or chartreuse post.
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RE: just bows
2012/04/27 18:36:57
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Charlie, you're not the only one that sucks at catching Steel on the SR. But I've seen pix of you with fish. LOL
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RE: just bows
2012/04/27 20:16:53
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Charlie, you're not the only one that sucks at catching Steel on the SR. But I've seen pix of you with fish. LOL
Pete, I can catch some, just can't get enough to compete with the other board that Retired mentions. I've had a few great days where I landed a dozen and have been ecstatically happy, only to find out that other guys have banked 40 or 50 and hooked 70 or 80 and its ho-hum, we do this every other day. I remember you got a nice Skam, early on. That counts for about 20 in my book. It's all relative, and has much to do with time on the water. I was on the river 30 days this past season, about 10 or 12 of those with HT. It's amazing how 2 minds can come up with solutions and places so much better than one. Some days I had the answer, alot of the days, HT did. We file it away for the future. And then there's fish magnets like Jack you steal as much as you can from.... Hope I see you on the river next fall. Charlie
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RE: just bows
2012/04/27 22:06:41
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Charlie- Think it may have a lot to do with HOW we fish.
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RE: just bows
2012/04/28 00:30:07
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Charlie- I liken fishing to playing a round of golf. Out on the course its me against the course not me against who I'm playing with. Fishing is very much the same, it's me against the river and the fish. I couldn't care less what everyone else is doing. Wasted energy and concentration if you get caught up in what the guy next to you is doing. ORIGINAL: fichy
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Charlie, you're not the only one that sucks at catching Steel on the SR. But I've seen pix of you with fish. LOL
 Pete, I can catch some, just can't get enough to compete with the other board that Retired mentions. I've had a few  great days where I landed a dozen and have been ecstatically happy, only to find out that other guys have banked 40 or 50 and hooked 70 or 80 and its ho-hum, we do this every other day. I remember you got a nice Skam, early on. That counts for about 20 in my book. It's all relative, and has much to do with time on the water. I was on the river 30 days this past season, about 10 or 12  of those with HT. It's amazing how 2 minds can come up with solutions and places so much better than one. Some days I had the answer, alot of the  days, HT did. We file it away for the future. And then there's fish magnets like Jack you steal as much as you can from....
Hope I see you on the river next fall.
Charlie
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RE: just bows
2012/04/28 07:42:06
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Charlie, you're not the only one that sucks at catching Steel on the SR. But I've seen pix of you with fish. LOL
 Pete, I can catch some, just can't get enough to compete with the other board that Retired mentions. I've had a few  great days where I landed a dozen and have been ecstatically happy, only to find out that other guys have banked 40 or 50 and hooked 70 or 80 and its ho-hum, we do this every other day. I remember you got a nice Skam, early on. That counts for about 20 in my book. It's all relative, and has much to do with time on the water. I was on the river 30 days this past season, about 10 or 12  of those with HT. It's amazing how 2 minds can come up with solutions and places so much better than one. Some days I had the answer, alot of the  days, HT did. We file it away for the future. And then there's fish magnets like Jack you steal as much as you can from....
Hope I see you on the river next fall.
Charlie
And then on top of that refuse to post a picture due to "spot burning" or someone finding what color their magic bead is. I am not saying to post full scenery shots and crop it down to cut out the back drop if you want, but there are no true "secret spots" any more and if someone can pick a spot out of a few feet of back drop it's no secret to them. It's just an excuse to not post the picture. Charlie, I still stand by my thinking that most of these guys cannot tell the difference between the bottom and a fish and if that is the case I have had 50 hook up days too.
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RE: just bows
2012/04/28 09:47:27
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[that most of these guys cannot tell the difference between the bottom and a fish and if that is the case I have had 50 hook up days too.
Clint, I think a lot of these 50 hook up day guys are hook up the tail and hook up the vent and hook up the pectoral fin and hook up the..... They don't sell the little signs in the tourist places for no reason: "All fishermen are liars except me and you and sometimes I'm not so sure about..." Fichy, those are nice rainbows, cherish a spot like that. We get those in Eighth Lake up along Route 28, but the usual rate is one or two a day. But an 18" bow on a 2 wt is about as good as it gets! L13
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RE: just bows
2012/04/28 09:58:49
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Charlie- Went up to UFZ one PM last Summer and while rigging up back in the woods a bit had a chance to observe two guys 'fishing' on the River. Am sure when they finished lining the carp outa the place they coulda written a nice piece about all the hookups they had. When showing myself along the river they moved on outa sight..There were two fish laying there in a nice rift with noticeable rips on their backs. It probably isnt the number of hookups one achieves but how they are achieved that counts to most of us. As a relatively poor flyguy saw many fish last Summer with no hookups. Am sure with other 'methods' one coulda had some days with multiple hookups to brag about. Same for steel- but then there ARE folks who get the right drift with the right bait and certainly do have banner days. Am NOT sayin everyone who hits them good is using bad manners but only that -it happens and many dont know or care about the difference Down in the "vines" last winter there was guy at the head of a pool who seemed hooked all the time. Then noticed he was peering into the water with his dark glasses and lifting the fish that moved in close to him. At least he released them all. He coulda wrote a great article- who knows maybe he did. Hey- only takes one to make my day-its the experience -not the numbers.
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