Quick trip, quick TR

Headed out to Penn's Valley on Friday, to meet up with Handyman, who somehow
found himself beside Elk Creek without a fly vest. I arrived with a van load
of flies, extra tippet and the like, and we fished Elk and Penn's for a
couple of days. The fishing was far inferior to the simple pleasure of
tromping in the mountain woods with my old pal. Still, a few trout succumbed
to our efforts, the vast majority hitting Leadwing Coachman wets, a fine old
pattern, especially if Slate Drakes have been hatching.
It felt odd at first, trying cast gracefully, as the past few fishing
outings have consisted of lobbing 2-ounce plugs into the Ocean City
inlet.....speaking of casting gracefully,
Jonas is now selling a range of bamboo rods built by various Eastern
builders, some of which cast quite gracefully indeed. Penn's has a good head
of cool water and should be just fine for the streamer fishing in late
October. Anyone interested can join us from October 24-28 for the chance to
encounter Penn's larger resident browns............
Tom

Tom Littleton wrote:
Headed out to Penn's Valley on Friday, to meet up with Handyman, who somehow
found himself beside Elk Creek without a fly vest. I arrived with a van load
of flies, extra tippet and the like, and we fished Elk and Penn's for a
couple of days. The fishing was far inferior to the simple pleasure of
tromping in the mountain woods with my old pal. Still, a few trout succumbed
to our efforts, the vast majority hitting Leadwing Coachman wets, a fine old
pattern, especially if Slate Drakes have been hatching.
It felt odd at first, trying cast gracefully, as the past few fishing
outings have consisted of lobbing 2-ounce plugs into the Ocean City
inlet.....speaking of casting gracefully,
Jonas is now selling a range of bamboo rods built by various Eastern
builders, some of which cast quite gracefully indeed. Penn's has a good head
of cool water and should be just fine for the streamer fishing in late
October. Anyone interested can join us from October 24-28 for the chance to
encounter Penn's larger resident browns............
Tom

Tom, Thanks for the TR. I am planning on going up to Penns the
weekend of 9/23. Actually, I'm going up, I hope a couple of days early
to fish before the game on Saturday. I did fish up there in July- the
Trico hatch on Spring and Elk behind the Coburn fields. I caught a
handful on Spring-Tricos and a couple on Elk - beetles.

I did buy one of those bamboo rods from Jonas and got to meet the
builder. I had planned on never getting one because I never found one
that cast the way I liked. I figured that the only reason to own one
was to have a classic. My mind got changed when I cast a "Dream
Catcher" by Wyatt Dietrich.

"Gene" wrote in message
ups.com...

Tom, Thanks for the TR. I am planning on going up to Penns the
weekend of 9/23. Actually, I'm going up, I hope a couple of days early
to fish before the game on Saturday.

we listened to parts of the Notre Dame game. Stay on the stream, if at all
possible......way less depressing.


I did buy one of those bamboo rods from Jonas and got to meet the
builder. I had planned on never getting one because I never found one
that cast the way I liked. I figured that the only reason to own one
was to have a classic. My mind got changed when I cast a "Dream
Catcher" by Wyatt Dietrich.


Jonas had me out with that one, and a shorter lightline 'boo. I am way too
cheap to invest in such, but did enjoy casting the one you selected. Try and
make it up in late
October. The streamer fishing has been great the past few years.

Tom

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Gene" wrote in message
ups.com...

Tom, Thanks for the TR. I am planning on going up to Penns the
weekend of 9/23. Actually, I'm going up, I hope a couple of days early
to fish before the game on Saturday.

we listened to parts of the Notre Dame game. Stay on the stream, if at all
possible......way less depressing.


I did buy one of those bamboo rods from Jonas and got to meet the
builder. I had planned on never getting one because I never found one
that cast the way I liked. I figured that the only reason to own one
was to have a classic. My mind got changed when I cast a "Dream
Catcher" by Wyatt Dietrich.

Jonas had me out with that one, and a shorter lightline 'boo. I am way too
cheap to invest in such, but did enjoy casting the one you selected. Try and
make it up in late
October. The streamer fishing has been great the past few years.

Tom


About three years ago (September) I was fishing with a woolly bugger
just up from the bridge and hooked into moby-brown. I had him on for
about 10 minutes until he made his way under the roots near the bank
and broke me off. I was major league bumbed. What, other than woolly
buggers should I have for late October?

"Gene" wrote in message
oups.com...
What, other than woolly
buggers should I have for late October?


I would suggest LARGE bucktail streamers in orange or yellow.
Tom

Tom Littleton wrote:
"Gene" wrote in message
oups.com...
What, other than woolly
buggers should I have for late October?


I would suggest LARGE bucktail streamers in orange or yellow.
Tom

It was all dry flies last weekend on the lower C&R.
I had some of the best late summer dry fly action I've ever seen on
Penns.
Slate Drakes #12 from 8am till 2pm.
Ants the rest of the day.

Bruce