Dr. Trout
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Clarion River
I went for a ride this afternoon over to the Clarion River, saw about 15 deer and was happy to see the river is starting to come down... nice color but still above average flow
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SCampbells88 
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/10 20:28:58
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Were there any hatches coming off? If so, could you tell me what they were? I'm going to be in the area this wekeend. Thanks
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/10 23:00:00
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I'll be up that way next week camping. Looking forward to hitting the clarion "or" even toms run. Any hints/tips??? If i end up fishing the clarion, it would probably be either from a canoe or "if" i do fish from shore it'd probably be right there where toms run empties into the clarion where the submerged stone wall is by the canoe rentals.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 10:13:08
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Man havent fished the Clarion since I was 14 or 15 when my grandfather had a camp up there. boy those were the days!!!
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Dr. Trout
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 10:46:41
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Did not notice any hatches.. I'm not a fly fisherman, so really do not pay attention to that and definitely would not know what the "bugs" were if there was a hatch ...... sorry...
post edited by Dr. Trout - 2011/05/11 10:47:14
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SCampbells88
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 11:27:06
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that's ok. I just thought with you being the doctor of trout (not being a jerk), that you might know what a caddis is.
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Dr. Trout
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 14:44:24
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Scampbell88... Years ago when I tried fly fishing I could NEVER break the habit of not keeping a "stiff" wrist while casting.. I tired and tried and finally just gave up the idea of fly fishing.. I think too many years of baseball and fast pitch softball caused the "breaking" of the wrist.. I do it even with a spinning rod  I realize also that to be really successful in fly fishing you need to be able to identify the hatch... once a hatch is present and the fish are biting, throwing anything but what is hatching or a close second is not productive... So had I been able to master casting I would have spent the time neccasry to learn the "bugs"...   I still throw some muddlers and wollies on a casting bubble very now and then though..  BTW... I got some steelie type flies from a member here and used them one day on the spinning rod and caught a trout or two on them, I tied them on with two very small split shots and drifted them in the current and THEY WORKED !!!! !!!
post edited by Dr. Trout - 2011/05/11 14:47:38
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Dr. Trout
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 20:37:30
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I don't remember what it is called, but this is the "fly" that caught a couple Brook Trout back in April..
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SCampbells88
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 21:21:48
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doctor,
I'm gonna give you the news. You can cast a fly rod and flick your wrist. It's all in line transference. The old timers will tell you keep a stiff arm and cast over your head, while a lot of younger casters have developed a very whippy, tight looped side arm cast.
secondly, no, you do not to identify hatches unless you're fishing to some educated fish. If caddis are hatching, match the size, get a good drift, and you'll catch fish.
if you put two hours in each day and treat it like the passion of spotting all those deer, you might pick on a new hobby old timer ;)
that fly is junk... crystal meth/spawn, whatever.. junk. It will catch fish though, but a fly dude fishing eggs is like eating steak at red lobster.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/11 22:17:04
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whatever -- guess I should have just ignored your post.... I thought you were being serious not trolling .... 
post edited by Dr. Trout - 2011/05/11 22:18:47
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 06:35:20
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Doc those will knock the snot out of the Steelies up on the tribs in Erie.; And I hear Red Lobster has an excellent Tbone.;
"There is a pleasure in Angling that no one knows but the Angler himself". WB
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 10:34:22
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Surf and Turf! Emphasis on the turf.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 11:27:10
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Bings .. They worked good on the stocked Brookies ... I landed three on it .. then switched back to gold meal worms... others guys could see the pink and sparkles and kept asking what I was using I agree NOTHING better than surf and turf !!!!
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SCampbells88
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 12:23:02
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crybabies.. I'm not a troll by the way doctor.
i was being serious.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 12:59:05
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ORIGINAL: SCampbells88
that fly is junk... crystal meth/spawn, whatever.. junk. It will catch fish though, but a fly dude fishing eggs is like eating steak at red lobster.Â
Its junk, but it catches fish? I thought the whole point of fly fishing was to tie something that mimics a natural occuring bait.. and fool a fish into taking it.. eggs would be a natural bait.. right? Some people are allergic to shellfish..
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 13:28:48
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88 suffers from an affliction called elitism. it's a condition that affects those who wish to feel superior to others. the symptoms usually manifest themselves by picking a hobby and determining that there is only 1 proper way to perform this hobby, in many cases flyfishing is the vehicle of this manifistation. elitism may also manifest into a more sever form of uber elitism where the affect party takes the hobby to the a more radical form of specialization, for example in fly fishing, using only dry flies made of natural material and only fished quartering upstream. if you can't laugh at yourself you will never laugh with others. 88 don't take yourself so seriously, it only fishing.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 14:32:55
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What makes any part of his post elitist? I don't detect a trace of it. If anything, it reads (to me) with a tone of 'dont let all the hype intimidate you, give it a good honest try, and work on technique and its really not that hard'.
The junk comment really is just objective truth. Doesn't mean that it wont work. It's a fly tied to just look ridiculous enough for a fish to have to sample, probably thrown together from the scraps of an egg-tying session. I've seen entire fly swaps dedicated to 'junk flies' made from parts of materials that most tyers simply throw away.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 17:22:38
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lighten up cold, it was said with sarcasm
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 20:03:51
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I use a nonexistent fire tiger type of plastic billed wobbler or a rubber skirted 2 or 3 metal spinner thingamadoo to catch bass all the time. What's the difference.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 21:49:41
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ORIGINAL: RIZ
88 suffers from an affliction called elitism. it's a condition that affects those who wish to feel superior to others. the symptoms usually manifest themselves by picking a hobby and determining that there is only 1 proper way to perform this hobby, in many cases flyfishing is the vehicle of this manifistation. elitism may also manifest into a more sever form of uber elitism where the affect party takes the hobby to the a more radical form of specialization, for example in fly fishing, using only dry flies made of natural material and only fished quartering upstream. if you can't laugh at yourself you will never laugh with others.
88 don't take yourself so seriously, it only fishing.
lol buddy, if you only knew, i doubt you'd be typing that...
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 21:54:02
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you's a broke looking butt nikka, joke looking butt nikka, let me clear my throat looking but nikka, i, Play, in dirt looking butt nikka.
tiger woods, PUTT, looking butt nikka.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 22:13:30
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lighten up cold, it was said with sarcasm
I wasn't upset...just failed to add 'just sayin' to the end.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/12 22:24:21
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Ha, the sucker spawn is a great preseason wet flie, and with high water in April, DT probably did kill brookies on it. Theyre were no hatches coming off, all the fish are just nymphing and hitting eggs.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/13 07:45:43
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ORIGINAL: Cold
What makes any part of his post elitist? I don't detect a trace of it. If anything, it reads (to me) with a tone of 'dont let all the hype intimidate you, give it a good honest try, and work on technique and its really not that hard'.
The junk comment really is just objective truth. Doesn't mean that it wont work. It's a fly tied to just look ridiculous enough for a fish to have to sample, probably thrown together from the scraps of an egg-tying session. I've seen entire fly swaps dedicated to 'junk flies' made from parts of materials that most tyers simply throw away.
Agree 100%. I woulda made a similar post as 88's. I thought he was being very un-elitist. I've started many people fly fishing for trout. The first thing I tell them is there is nothing difficult about it.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The closer we adhere to the Holy Bible and the US Constitution (as it was written) the closer we get to the model that made America great. The great American experiment worked, human nature just got in the way.
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RE: Clarion River
2011/05/13 14:08:15
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ORIGINAL: SCampbells88
ORIGINAL: RIZ
88 suffers from an affliction called elitism. it's a condition that affects those who wish to feel superior to others. the symptoms usually manifest themselves by picking a hobby and determining that there is only 1 proper way to perform this hobby, in many cases flyfishing is the vehicle of this manifistation. elitism may also manifest into a more sever form of uber elitism where the affect party takes the hobby to the a more radical form of specialization, for example in fly fishing, using only dry flies made of natural material and only fished quartering upstream. if you can't laugh at yourself you will never laugh with others.
88 don't take yourself so seriously, it only fishing.
lol buddy, if you only knew, i doubt you'd be typing that...
88 was just playing off your responds to dr. trout where you called him doctor. so out cam the diagosis. also to see what your response was a troll or a player, looks like you can play.
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