Penn's Creek Dope Slap Question

I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)

Looking through some local realtor materials, I find a thin blue line
called Penn's Creek. Is this the hallowed Penn's Creek that I read so
many posts from year's gone by?

Remind me who is the bard of Penn's Creek, who organized the claves,
and whether they still go on.

Am I in a good enough area of trout fishing that I should be
discouraged from ever returning here again?

I am but a prodigal poster.

East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)

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I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)

Looking through some local realtor materials, I find a thin blue line
called Penn's Creek. Is this the hallowed Penn's Creek that I read so
many posts from year's gone by?

Remind me who is the bard of Penn's Creek, who organized the claves,
and whether they still go on.

Am I in a good enough area of trout fishing that I should be
discouraged from ever returning here again?

I am but a prodigal poster.

East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)


Didn't you just move a year or so ago?

Tom Littleton and Handyman Mike are the Penns gurus, that I know of, there
are certainly others, I suppose?

Op

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I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)

Looking through some local realtor materials, I find a thin blue line
called Penn's Creek. Is this the hallowed Penn's Creek that I read so
many posts from year's gone by?

Remind me who is the bard of Penn's Creek, who organized the claves,
and whether they still go on.

Am I in a good enough area of trout fishing that I should be
discouraged from ever returning here again?

I am but a prodigal poster.

East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)

Didn't you just move a year or so ago?

Tom Littleton and Handyman Mike are the Penns gurus, that I know of, there
are certainly others, I suppose?

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Good memory Op.

About a year and a half ago we moved to Downeast Maine, the last
county in the United States to be more precise. It's extremely rural
and wild, and I love it. My wife's job is not working out so good
(that is to say the job was not what was represented), so we need to
consider relocation, probably next summer. The goal is to take a few
baby steps back into civilization, without falling into suburban hell.

This month we are doing a whirlwind tour of jobs in Pennsylvania,
Eastern Oregon and Central New York. Access to flyfishing is a
definite requirement.

East Machias Jim

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I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)

Looking through some local realtor materials, I find a thin blue line
called Penn's Creek. Is this the hallowed Penn's Creek that I read so
many posts from year's gone by?

Remind me who is the bard of Penn's Creek, who organized the claves,
and whether they still go on.

Am I in a good enough area of trout fishing that I should be
discouraged from ever returning here again?

I am but a prodigal poster.

East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)

Didn't you just move a year or so ago?

Tom Littleton and Handyman Mike are the Penns gurus, that I know of,
there
are certainly others, I suppose?

Op- Hide quoted text -

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Good memory Op.

About a year and a half ago we moved to Downeast Maine, the last
county in the United States to be more precise. It's extremely rural
and wild, and I love it. My wife's job is not working out so good
(that is to say the job was not what was represented), so we need to
consider relocation, probably next summer. The goal is to take a few
baby steps back into civilization, without falling into suburban hell.

This month we are doing a whirlwind tour of jobs in Pennsylvania,
Eastern Oregon and Central New York. Access to flyfishing is a
definite requirement.

East Machias Jim

What does your wife do? Besides supporting your fly fishing habit, of course
:~^ )

Tell her to get a job in beatiful Lenoir, NC. I hear Google will be hiring
in the near future here?

Op

Tell her to get a job in beatiful Lenoir, NC. I hear Google will be hiring
in the near future here?

Council Bluffs, Iowa too.
Frank Reid

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On Oct 5, 4:11 pm, "Opus--Mark H. Bowen" wrote:
"Memphis Jim" wrote in message

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I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)

Looking through some local realtor materials, I find a thin blue line
called Penn's Creek. Is this the hallowed Penn's Creek that I read so
many posts from year's gone by?

Remind me who is the bard of Penn's Creek, who organized the claves,
and whether they still go on.

Am I in a good enough area of trout fishing that I should be
discouraged from ever returning here again?

I am but a prodigal poster.

East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)

Didn't you just move a year or so ago?

Tom Littleton and Handyman Mike are the Penns gurus, that I know of,
there
are certainly others, I suppose?

Op- Hide quoted text -

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Good memory Op.

About a year and a half ago we moved to Downeast Maine, the last
county in the United States to be more precise. It's extremely rural
and wild, and I love it. My wife's job is not working out so good
(that is to say the job was not what was represented), so we need to
consider relocation, probably next summer. The goal is to take a few
baby steps back into civilization, without falling into suburban hell.

This month we are doing a whirlwind tour of jobs in Pennsylvania,
Eastern Oregon and Central New York. Access to flyfishing is a
definite requirement.

East Machias Jim

What does your wife do? Besides supporting your fly fishing habit, of course
:~^ )

Tell her to get a job in beatiful Lenoir, NC. I hear Google will be hiring
in the near future here?

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We've considered North Carolina back and forth; I have a brother-in-
law in Asheville who would love us to relocate there, but after a year
in Durham (back in the '90's) and 11 years in Memphis I've become
allergic to the Southeast. It's all that unrestrained suburban
development mixed with self-rightious conservatism. Plus, it's hot!
and getting hotter every year it seems.

East Machias Jim

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This month we are doing a whirlwind tour of jobs in Pennsylvania,
Eastern Oregon and Central New York. Access to flyfishing is a
definite requirement.

East Machias Jim

Where in Eastern Oregon? I may be able to help you with specific FF info or
even get you a taste of some fantastic fishing depending on what part of
this very large area you are considering.

Bob Weinberger La Grande, OR

"Memphis Jim" wrote in message
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I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)

Looking through some local realtor materials, I find a thin blue line
called Penn's Creek. Is this the hallowed Penn's Creek that I read so
many posts from year's gone by?

Remind me who is the bard of Penn's Creek, who organized the claves,
and whether they still go on.

Am I in a good enough area of trout fishing that I should be
discouraged from ever returning here again?

I am but a prodigal poster.

East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)

Looks like Penns Creek is just West of you on Hwy. 45?

Op

"Memphis Jim" wrote in message
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I find myself in Lewisburg, Pennsylavia, where some people are trying
to convince my wife to move (hopefully with me and the kids)......
East Machias Jim (formerly of Memphis)


Well, Jim, you are in trout-fishing luck!! To the West of
Lewisburg you can easily get to the one and only Penn's
Creek. Follow route 45 and turn left at Hartleton(stop in
at fellow roffian Bruce Fisher's Penn's Creek Angler
for detailed creek info), Woodward or Millheim to access
major points on the creek.
Bruce has some nice basic info at:
www.pennscreekangler.com
and yes, the Clave is still an annual late-May tradition.
2008 dates will be discussed over steaks and lies next weekend!! Right now,
the creek is very low and clear,
but fall angling can be very good once some colder rains
and weather arrive. BTW, other great fishing streams near enough to
Lewisburg would include: Big Fishing Creek,
White Deer Run, Elk Creek, Fishing Creek(Benton),
the Loyalsock Creek and Pine Creek, just to name the larger ones. Small
brook trout streams are too numerous to name, and far too secret to reveal
in a Usenet group.
Tom
......hardly bardlike, but it's the best I can do!g

Clave is still an annual late-May tradition.
2008 dates will be discussed over steaks and lies next weekend!!

Oh, by the way, next year is Penns turn for CICADAS!!!
Frank "Brrrrrrpbeep" Reid