"Stan Gula" wrote in message
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In no particular order (except the first part, which although not fishing
related, is certainly the big cheese of our first day out), here are some
remembrances of Penns Clave 2005:

...snipped recount of Tom's trailer adventure..
Good to see he got it done fast and was able to join us. Thanks again Tom
for the offer of accomodations. I was able to take a couple of open slots
in the cabins, but it the offer was appreciated.


Thursday. Despite the disaster, Jim and I arrived by 3. Jim headed down
to
Weikert with Makela and Reid for the drake hatch,

A good one it was, although I wasn't able to find the solution that night


2) John must have been fishing on west coast time. He expressed concern
Saturday that he might get some grief about all the fish he missed Friday.
I assured him that he was right.

Something about late in setting the hook by a time zone or three...


3) by Saturday night it felt like Monday. Lots of river time.


Yeah, awesome eh? I always show up early for that reason..



7) Jambalaya good. Habanero sauce very good. Thanks John.

And again, ditto...


8) Barley stew good. Farts even better. Despite his polite exterior, JR
is
the master. We gasp in awe.

Missed it, not sure if that was a bad thing or not.


10) Rum and Coke
1 1/2 ounces Rum
5 ounces Cola


damn, I was close, 20 ounces coke, 20 ounces rum (a.k.a. NC Moonshine)...



16) Rain? We don't fear the rain! The rain Friday kept the olives on the
water making for a great afternoon. It did not stop the coffin flies.
The
coffin flies were so thick that they were hitting your rod during the
cast.
And while you were just standing there. They made the fish stupid.
Awesome. Standing in the rain, getting hit by tons of bugs, uncatchable
fish rising everywhere in the dark? Sign me up! Honestly, the fishing in
the dark part didn't appeal to me, but as a 'once in a lifetime big bug
adventure' it was a big win. Definitely something to experience and I
loved
it.

Wait til next year...you may find yourself wishing for it again if you don't
hit...the drake hatch that is..



18) Big fish on small flies. Can life get any better? Got my biggest
brown
ever on a tiny CDC bluewing olive. Saw the fish rise off the bottom and
whack it. My biggest fish of the week was a *huge* healthy looking sucker
caught on a size 18 flashback PT. Got a little sucker too. My big lesson
of the week was learning to distinguish between rolling suckers and brown
trout. I think.


22) I not only didn't die, but my knees held out all week, and I actually
feel better today than I did last Friday. I spend 8 hours fishing in the
rain yesterday and felt great. I just can't tell you how good it is to be
*not sick*.

Cool!!!

23) Cosmic Wimpout is as frustrating as fishing Penns during the green
drakes and coffin flies. Last night after the coffin flies, I was rolling
my last licks in a close match, and had plenty of points to win, and
rolled
5 tens. 1000 points. Just too many points, so I lost. But I enjoyed the
game.

??

--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps


Good to see you guys again, sorry I missed ya Friday/Saturday. The flight
was delayed out of O'Hare so I called it a trip when I arrived in Harrisburg
near midnight to a pouring rain. Wondering what Bruce/Mike Shaw will
report, hopefully they will make me wish I hung out for an extra day....

Mike