TR: A quick step out to the Tulpehocken..

Stole a couple of hours on the Tulpe with Tom Littleton this morning. A few
fish in a decent Trico hatch with a good ole' friend. Many more refusals
than takes, but did manager a nice 14 inch Brookie along with a 12 inch
Rainbow.

First ever Brookie out of the Tulpe for me, definitely didn't expect one,
especially one that size. The Rainbow took Tim Carter's Brown Trout
streamer first pass through, before I subsequently lost it on a Rock Fish.

Had to high-tail it back home after a few hours to get my act together for
the Western Clave, but Tom's probably still fishing as I write this (or
even as you read it). Also watched as El' Gegunda Brown Trout that politely
refused everything I threw at her. "A good time had by all".

Mike

The Rainbow took Tim Carter's Brown Trout
streamer first pass through, before I subsequently lost it on a Rock Fish.

!!!! Glad to hear it worked for you!!!!

Mike writes:
Tom's probably still fishing as I write this

hell, no! I hightailed it home(giving up altogether) at noon or thereabouts.
The caddis hatch came off, but it was brief, breezes might have shortened
things. Got two fish(one brown one rainbow) on tan submerger wet(#18).
Otherwise dead....would have liked to have fished the Paper Mill riffle, but
father and son team dove on it when you left, and were still there at noon.
Tom

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Mike writes:
Tom's probably still fishing as I write this

hell, no! I hightailed it home(giving up altogether) at noon or
thereabouts.
The caddis hatch came off, but it was brief, breezes might have shortened
things. Got two fish(one brown one rainbow) on tan submerger wet(#18).
Otherwise dead....would have liked to have fished the Paper Mill riffle,
but
father and son team dove on it when you left, and were still there at
noon.
Tom

Yeah, I head him give you the excuse about his son not catching anything and
they wanted to try your hole, sucker....

Stole a couple of hours on the Tulpe with Tom Littleton this morning.
Mike

I drove by your area on the way to Kutztown on Saturday. Decided to take 78
to 83 home (as opposed to 222 and 30 to 83). Darn, that put me right at the
new Cabelas. Only had a half an hour (had to get home to let the hound
out), but it was fun. I do now know that it is exactly 149.8 miles from my
driveway to Cabelas. Hell, for 18 more miles, I could be in Coburn.
Looks like quite a bit of promising water in your area.
--
Frank Reid
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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Stole a couple of hours on the Tulpe with Tom Littleton this morning.
Mike

I drove by your area on the way to Kutztown on Saturday. Decided to take
78
to 83 home (as opposed to 222 and 30 to 83). Darn, that put me right at
the
new Cabelas. Only had a half an hour (had to get home to let the hound
out), but it was fun. I do now know that it is exactly 149.8 miles from
my
driveway to Cabelas. Hell, for 18 more miles, I could be in Coburn.
Looks like quite a bit of promising water in your area.
--
Frank Reid
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How does Cabela's match up to Bass Pro??

How does Cabela's match up to Bass Pro??

Cabelas has a lot better quality stuff over all and a better trained and
motivated staff. The key thing that I saw was that Cabelas seemed to pay
enough for the middle aged guys that actually know what a fly rod is can
work there. Bass Pro is getting to the point that if you can fog a mirror,
you can get a job there.
Cabelas is 10 times the fly shop that Bass Pro is. If I was going hunting,
I think it would be a toss up on where I would shop. Camping in the back
woods.... Cabelas, camping with your family... Bass Pro.
--
Frank Reid
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How does Cabela's match up to Bass Pro??

Cabelas has a lot better quality stuff over all and a better trained and
motivated staff. The key thing that I saw was that Cabelas seemed to pay
enough for the middle aged guys that actually know what a fly rod is can
work there. Bass Pro is getting to the point that if you can fog a mirror,
you can get a job there.
Cabelas is 10 times the fly shop that Bass Pro is. If I was going hunting,
I think it would be a toss up on where I would shop. Camping in the back
woods.... Cabelas, camping with your family... Bass Pro.
--
Frank Reid
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