pounders

i met with troutslammer and dano in north-western PA. over the weekend. troutslammer said he had a dream so real, of us catching big trout, that he checked his camera for pics when he woke up before meeting with us.
 in the morning i caught about a couple a dozen dinks on my caddis pattern and dano did well also. we'll just say troutslammer was on the wrong side of the river.
 in the afternoon and evening we engaged in some pounder's. pictures are worth a thousand words so i'll let the pics tell the rest of the story.
 all fish were caught on dries. dano found out what troutslammer already knew about me. though there may not be any major hatch or maybe only a few risers i still fish dries and make'm rise. we made them rise all right!!
 
jim should have some more pics.
dano the pics are great, thanks for everything! nice fishing with you again.
enjoy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
the one that got away

Very nice pics, what a day as usual with the trout slamming crew! I wish I could have been there, maybe next time! Looks like all had a great day!

the fishing was great with you 2 characters , once again doubletaper gave me the magical fly that worked ! i had to ice the shoulder down when i got home from battling those steely sized rainbows......mmmmmmmmmWOW !!!!!!!!!!!

ORIGINAL: troutslammer
 i had to ice the shoulder down when i got home from battling those steely sized rainbows......mmmmmmmmmWOW !!!!!!!!!!!

 
Those bows really know how to light it up when hooked.
By Sunday, my casting stroke completely fell apart.
 
I found a couple more steeliebow pics on my camera.
 

 

 

 

And my dad picked that day to replace a counter top,,,

warning;
wading below the dam is a $75.00 fine
some of the pictures you have witnessed were taken using trick photography, strategic angles and photoshopped.

sorry dennis

I'm not to sure there were deaths  recently in the tailwater.
There have been recent cases in the main lake.

I've been fishing there since I was a kid. They used to notify us to get out of the water when there was going to be a higher than normal water release. Usually they would just get on the bullhorn and tell people to get out of the water. We used to wade pretty far out there. I remember people wading out to the small island at night and others half way across to fish walleye. I guess things have changed.
I remember a time when I chit-chatted to an official looking USGS guy standing on shore while I was waded out about 10 feet in a shin deep flat while targeting cruising carp on a sunday afternoon. 
THis last Sunday was only the second time I've come face to face, in all the years I've fished there. And the first time I've heard about $75 fine. It looks like they're either cracking down or maybe not patroling that area during my normal fishing time which is xx O'clock.

Either way, I'll make sure I stuff $75 in my wallet before heading out.

They should relax the rules at low flows. Sunday morning, we were mostly in 12" - 18" of slow moving water.

USACE regulations sucks.
I have a right to navigate our river.

in my defense here fellas , i was standing down stream of jerry smoking a big fat cigar making me unable to see the no wading signs , i was wondering the whole way home as my elbow and forearm throbbed like on a trip back down 79 after hitting the mile streams for chrome rockets why we didn't get biotched at by someone. i don't think the fine means you can still stay and fish like leaving a parking ticket on your car all day ...i will definitely chalk this one up for memorys though ...once again thanks guys your awesome you 2 even if you are a bad influence , my wife said she doesn't care that i get home at mid night from trout fishing with jerry but 150 in fines for the weekend she might shut me down !!!!!