Penns Creek

Willi wrote:

I guess I misread the thread - I got this "But if you want to drive as
far as Chicago............" and thought you were coming to Chicago for
business or something and we could get together for dinner or a beer. I
can't get away for the time need to go fish the driftless area. I'm in
town to visit my Mom for a few days.


Bill and I had an earlier email exchange about WI where he said he
didn;t want to drive 7 hours in what he thought could snow so I had
told him to go as far as Chicago and I would get him there since it
sits between Indianapolis and SW Wisconsin.

Understand you can't make it, but if you have email access up there
I'll drop you a note Friday if I decide to go up there anyway and we
can meet up when I come back through Sat night.

Wayne

On 3/1/06 6:25 PM, in article , "Willi"
wrote:

Wayne Knight wrote:
William Claspy wrote:


Frank, always more of a hands-on kind
of guy, fondles Penns. :-)


I have no desire to learn what Frank fondles as long as he does it in
private.


You still headed north this weekend?


I'm 50-50 right now I want to go but if no one else is going to show I
might just jaunt over the Mad for a few hours to get my fix rather than
drive the 6-7 hours and turn around. Or I may decide tomorrow night and
toss the stuff in the car and split out of work early and grab a hotel
room in Madison.

But if you want to drive as far as Chicago............



I'll be in the Chicagoland area for about 5 days starting Thursday
evening......

Hope your mom is OK.

Now if we're talking a micro-clave, I could get interested!

Bill

"Benjamin Turek" wrote in message
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That is more along the lines of what I was talking about. I was wondering
if there was something else to it than the fishing, because the fishing is
good, but its not the best around this area. And all of the sudden it
becomes how many fish do you catch, etc... I was just wondering if there
was something else to it. Nothing crazy, like I said I just started
reading
this group about two months ago and was curious why so much talk about
Penns.

Well, as explained, Penn's is more of an event to many here. To me, it is
pretty much the home waters, although I fish a lot of other Central PA
waters. I am real curious what, if any state-regulated waters you rate over
Penns, if your rating system includes number, volume and acceptance by fish
of hatches, variation in water types and fish population. You can reply via
email if you don't want the world to catch the names, and I am not talking
about managed, private waters here anyway.
Tom

On 3/1/06 6:53 PM, in article , "Willi"
wrote:

Wayne Knight wrote:
Willi wrote:


I'll be in the Chicagoland area for about 5 days starting Thursday
evening......


Is that a hint you want to fish the early Wisconsin opener on Sat?



I guess I misread the thread - I got this "But if you want to drive as
far as Chicago............" and thought you were coming to Chicago for
business or something and we could get together for dinner or a beer. I
can't get away for the time need to go fish the driftless area. I'm in
town to visit my Mom for a few days.

As Wayne said, he was trying to convince me to drive as far as Chicago (6
hours for me) and then we'd tandem on up to SW Wisconsin for the opener.
The weather isn't looking exactly condusive to fishing- or driving, freezing
rain tomorrow- so I probably won't be over.

Bill

"Benjamin Turek" wrote in message
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I didn't literally mean two fish, but I am sure that you knew that.

I was pretty certain that there were probably three.....or four....but I
wasn't quite prepared to call you a liar.......yet.

I'd show you mine, but most of it you need permission from the owners to
fish. They tend to disregarded coniving, down talkers which you tend to
come off as, so I won't waste either of our time.

"Coniving, down talkers"?

My admirably bibliophagic (if otherwise distressingly moderate) friend has
done a pretty good job of outlining what's what in this place. I won't do
him the discourtesy of repeating it point by point, but merely confine
myself to recapitulating the most salient features in the vernacular lest
you be tempted at some later date to claim that you didn't get it. ROFF is
a wonderful place to get information.....to learn things....and also to make
acquaintances that can carry over into face to face encounters and even
lasting friendships. However, it is also an extremely BAD place for a none
too clever (or articulate) newby to come to practice his prevarication and
condescension. Your ass WILL get bit.

Wolfgang

"Benjamin Turek" wrote in message
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I catch fish. Hell, I caught at least two that I can remember last year.
I was just curious about Penns because there are four or so streams around
here that we all talk about more. Penns has some good hatches, but so do
the others. I simply wondered if I was missing something when I was going

Not a god damn good fish anywhere in the area. Best to stay far away from
Penn's. I hear Spring Creek's good too and few other smaller cricks.

the Finn

"Benjamin Turek" wrote in message
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I am relatively new to this group, but I see Penns mentioned alot. Whats
the deal guys? Is it really that good? Have I just never noticed because
I fish there and Spruce Creek every week? Just wondering.

Thanks
Ben


Central PA is a fishing paradise, just about anywhere you go. I know that
the State College Boys love to say Spring and Spruce and waters thereabouts,
and I don't blame anyone for favoring the waters in their backyards. I have
fished many waters in PA, made a point of it years ago, and have many
favorites for various reasons spread throughout. The Penn's watershed has
that number one slot for me, more for memories of learning the sport there,
and the people that have walked it with me, than for biggest/best fish, most
popular location, etc, etc. Knowing the water helps, and the hatches are
the best when it comes to diversity and size. There is always the chance at
an exceptional fish or two, which does help the confidence a bit.

I can't say that I favor any stream that is posted, expect for maybe water I
had fished passionately before it is now posted. Spruce was always one of
those streams for me. If I can't explore it from headwaters, to mouth, for
the most part, I don't find it challenging enough. I know the history,
Presidents, fly fishing patriarchs, etc. and I envy anyone that can fish it
anytime they want, but can find much more water elsewhere in Central PA and
elsewhere, that does me just fine. Heck, probably the "best water" on
Penn's is posted, it's headwaters as it exit's out of Penn's cave, and I had
the pleasure of fishing it (just once), but it's definitely not my favorite
section of the stream.

There are several in our party that prefer other streams in the area, and
that's just fine, whatever works. Penn's, Spring, Spruce, Big Fishing
Creek, The Letort, Yellow Breeches, Delaware River, Little J, Susque (all
over), Big Spring, Brodhead, Kish, Kettle, Big Pine, Slate Run, Cedar Run,
Young Woman's, Yuck, Tulpehocken, Fishing Creek, White Deer, etc, etc, etc,
etc. all have faithful followers, just a matter of personal choice. You
could wonder into any bar local to any decent trickle of water and get in a
heated discussion with many who feel just as passionately for their part of
the universe (trust me, it's a proven theory..)

We have been making a few day trips out from our annual clave, any interest
in showing us some of your favorite water, of the unposted variety, this
year? Late May is the timeline for the Clave, but we'll be around a few
times between now and then, and afterwards.

The Finn

"Mike Makela" ten.tsacmoc@alekamm wrote in message
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"Benjamin Turek" wrote in message
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I catch fish. Hell, I caught at least two that I can remember last year.
I was just curious about Penns because there are four or so streams around
here that we all talk about more. Penns has some good hatches, but so do
the others. I simply wondered if I was missing something when I was going

Not a god damn good fish anywhere in the area. Best to stay far away from
Penn's. I hear Spring Creek's good too and few other smaller cricks.

I've heard that west suburban Philadelphia is THE place to fish. As a
matter of fact, I have a close personal contact at a Philadelphia public
access television station who is eager to shoot a segment on fly fishing at
a west suburban Philadelphia trout stream on Monday, April 24th. You know
anyone who wants to be on T.V.?

Wolfgang
yep, for real.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

As a
matter of fact, I have a close personal contact at a Philadelphia public
access television station who is eager to shoot a segment on fly fishing
at
a west suburban Philadelphia trout stream on Monday, April 24th. You know
anyone who wants to be on T.V.?

Wolfgang
yep, for real.

Valley Creek? Anyhow, I may be interested, let me know details via
email........
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...

As a
matter of fact, I have a close personal contact at a Philadelphia public
access television station who is eager to shoot a segment on fly fishing
at
a west suburban Philadelphia trout stream on Monday, April 24th. You
know
anyone who wants to be on T.V.?

Wolfgang
yep, for real.

Valley Creek?

Yep.

Anyhow, I may be interested, let me know details via
email........

Will do. You might want to check with Mike in case he didn't see this.

Wolfgang