TR - Penns

"walt winter" wrote in message
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Mike Makela wrote:


yep, that was a nice fish lost on the caddis riffle... good to
know what that stretch is called. four years ago when jeff and i
first fished it our first day on penns, all the way up to the top
of the island and up to a run that was later, aptly named (i
won't go there quite yet), we were learning and experimenting
this new water, water that is quite alien to us rebels here in nc.


Caddis Run/Riffle is the local name, local being Tom Littleton, Bruce
Fisher, myself, and whoever has fished it with us. Not sure it has an
"Official" name but since it's consistantly productive I'm sure it has had
many.


a water that haunts me even today. "haunt" may not be the proper
word, perhaps "taunt." anyways, as jeff and i worked our way
slowly up the caddis riffle in that limestone green tinted water,
my awe slowly turned to one of deep appreciation, an
understanding of the moment that this indeed was one of the
finest trout streams on the planet, and we were blessed to be in
it. four years later i still feel the same way and it will be a
painful wait 'till next year.


I re-discovered one this year with Bruce, and later Jeff toured it with me
(he does get around don't he?). One of the qualities of Penn's is how you
can fish it hard every year, and still find pockets, runs, riffles, and such
that you have yet to master, or just haven't tried.


cut...fine piece of fiction (well maybe not all fiction)
...... my thoughts are simple.... what a trout stream, what a piece of
water.



Hmmm...I didn't see a thing.....although that first Sunday I do remember
a
solid 16 incher, landed, with Frank as my Witness.....How about The
Run???


wally.... who proposes... "roffian's run"


I like Roffian's Run....

The Finn

I like Roffian's Run....

The Finn

I thought that was the race from tent city to the bathroom on the morning
after barley stew night.

--
Frank Reid
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Mike Makela wrote:

wally.... who proposes... "roffian's run"



I like Roffian's Run....

The Finn



is that a "seconded?" it does have a nice ring to it.... being
that particular stretch has always been friendly to all of us
roffizens, perhaps the name will stick and eliminate this all so
terribly distressing competition. ;-)

speaking of rings.... as soon as i logged off this am after
posting, my tele rang. i was greeted with "it's about gawdamn
time you got off the ****in' 'puter." tom? no, it's doug you
****head. well, i ain't the fastest typer in the world and if i
make a post of any length, well, it takes some time to do so and
it seems 'ole doug of patterson was tryin' to get ahold of me to
go do some fishin'.

conversation: gawdamn holsten (tn tailrace) is out... generation
all day, no wading..... well **** doug, howza bout w&^%+*s?....
gawdammit walt, it's rainin'and lightnin' down here..... yeah
flatdick, it passed through here but now it's just
sprinklin'..... how 'bout i call you after lunch, maybe it will
clear up some... sure doug, that works....

after lunch.... walt, it's sunny! well get yer ass up here and
we'll go afishin...

bout an hour later doug shows up, we toss his **** in my jeep and
we head out to the headwaters of w&^%+*s, stopping at the exxon
fer some gas, crackers and pbr's.

the drive over grandfather was uneventful and i swung on down
edgemont road towards the w&^%+*s watershed. i'll be damned.
there wasn't any vehicles parked at the top of w&^%+*s. we rig up
and proceeded upstream, fishing some of the prettiest brookie
water that the 'ole north state has to offer.

in the first pool doug caught a brown of about 3 inches.
sonofabeech thinks i.... i released the intruder into a puddle,
catch&release stream donchaknow.

it was one of those days.... the elements were great.... overcast
skies, good companionship, hatching flies and hungry fish. we
caught brookies of five to nine inches out of nearly every pool
and run, a way cool thang.

i fished a sulphur parachute. doug fished a elk-wing caddis. we
both done pretty good and we decided to trek back out to the car
and refreshments. on the way out... doug, we had a pretty durn
good afternoon... how many fish ya think we caught? **** walt,
two, three dozen, i dunno, we caught a bunch.

a bunch is a cool number... kinda like roffian's run is a cool
name. no pretensions, just a cool knowing.

wally