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John McPhillips on Pine in Early June...Flies, Imitations, Trout
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June 6, 2013 Tackle Shop Newsletter
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Greetings! Our first June newsletter is here! Thanks for being with us again. The first video above is of John McPhillips as he uses a Pine Creek Special. The second is of Gil Learn as he casts to Pine - notice the feeds in the background. The third is a picture of Dave Shevokas and one of his beautiful Pine Creek trout. Colleen and her husband Dave do catch a lot of trout...and enjoy each one! The fourth is a picture of one of Dave's "secret" spots - these mountains hold so many hidden treasures! And the last, is a short video of tadpoles along the shoreline in Pine - future frogs and toads - they provide a lot of food for birds, animals, mammals, and fish! We hope you, once again, enjoy our email!
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Dave Shevokas and a beautiful trout
What's working...
There is still a lot working, depending on where you are fishing and what the trout in your section have in mind. What is on the water would also depend on where you are on the stream. But, as a whole, most Pine Creek and Slate and Cedar anglers' fly-bag of tricks should include most of the same patterns: Green Drakes; Brown Drakes; Slate Drakes; Light Cahills in yellow and cream; Sulphurs - #12-16; BWOs; Yellow Caddis, #10-12; various caddis; and underwater nymphs and emergers in case they want it underneath. Don't forget the Weenie and buggers, expecially after a rain or a stream rise. Above all, experiment! And if they don't take dead drift, give it some action!
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These mountains hold so much treasured water.
This is a picture of one of Dave's "secret" spots!
Just a few more casts...
When anglers looks at Pine Creek, they see many different things. Some see one body of water, wide, and overwhelming. Others see a stretch of stream with many flows in its width, each harboring trout as if it were a separate small run from the rest. Still others see Pine as the repository of water from the myriad of tributaries they prefer to explore. Despite these differences, the beauty, majesty, and at times, delicacy of its flow become a part of the fabric of most who step into its waters.
The picture above is of a spot I don't talk about, or write about much - I've never included it, or the surrounding area, in stories I've written. It is too personal to me to give up the location, and it is too delicate an ecosystem to publicize. If an angler finds the spot, great! They will be there because they will have paid personally and physically to find it, and, usually this person will consider the area and its trout and beauty a treasure to be cherished - the secret will be safe with them. Pine Creek valley is literally loaded with tributaries, and tributaries of tributaries, much like the one pictured above. Take a topo map and explore. If you love catching native and wild trout on the surface, these rivulets of cold, clean, glistening water may be what you've always been looking for separate from Pine.
The first angler above, that sees Pine Creek as so large should think about the big creek much as the second angler - composed of many flows in its width, each with its own trout as if it were a separate small run from the rest. When viewed this way, Pine multiplies in possibilities! Instead of one flow, it may be four or five flows, each not only with its own trout but insects and special flow dynamics. I started thinking this way about a body of water while fishing the Susquehanna for smallmouths above Harrisburg's stone arch bridge. It is so wide there, but when broken down into runs, the fishing becomes manageable and much, much more productive. There are runs there that isolate you and would have you believe you are on a trout stream instead of the river, and, it allows you to read the water and have a good idea of where the fish will feed. The individual flows in Pine are much like fishing a stretch of Cedar or Slate.
Fish the tributaries and find your "secret" spots, enjoy them, and keep them tucked away until you've got to go to them again. In the meanwhile, take another look at Pine. Watch for the flows, the dynamics of each, and what they have to offer, I'm betting this approach might allow Pine Creek to take on a whole new meaning.
 | Tadpoles on Pine early June they provide so much food,
as well as the next generation of frogs and toads. |
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Thanks for being with us again. Please email us any fishing pictures you'd like to share with the readers in the Photo Gallery. We'll be back soon with the next edition of our newsletter and more trout, flies, catches, and scenes of our favorite areas!
Don't forget, we have fly fishing guided trips and float trips available - call the shop for more details. Call us or drop us an email to let us know what is on your mind - or call to find up-to-the-minute details on stream conditions and what is happening on the water. Please, stay in touch with Pine, Slate, and Cedar by going to our website slaterun.com - we'll update as often as possible.
Thanks again for being with us!
Sincerely,
The Tackle Shop Team
Tom & Deb Finkbiner - Proprietors, etc.
Jed Grove - Sales Manager, etc.
Dave Wonderlich - Website, Newsletter, etc.
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New
Sale
Through
The
End
Of
June!
Hydros Large Arbor fly reels
 Throughout the month of June,
Orvis, and Slate Run Tackle Shop is offering $50 off the purchase price of an Orvis Hydros Large Arbor fly reel. There is not another true large arbor, big-game fly-fishing reel out there that carries this drag system performance at a price starting at just $225. It's unheard of until now. And, until the end of June you get $50 off!
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Shop closeout sale
continues until products are gone...
Pro Guide Stockingfoot Wader reg. $395, now $225; Silver Label Bootfoot Wader with Eco Trax soles reg. $475, now $299; Sonic Weld Pack & Travel Wader Pant (x-large), now $198. Wading boots with closeout deals include: River Guard Ultralight Boot with Eco Trax soles reg. $198, now $179; River Guard Easy-On Brogue Boot with Eco Trax soles $198, now $148. Also on sale are Orvis Trout Bum Shirts in burnt red, light blue, and olive reg. $65, now $43; very limited numbers of the Under Wader Fleece Suit reg. $129, now $99.
Helios2
Helios2 rods are in!
Come and give the latest advance in rod design a cast - it may be hard to leave without one!
lighter...
more powerful!
Convert to waist high without removing suspenders with the new $259 Silver Sonic Waders - fully waterproof double-airlock interior pocket - new gravel guard makes on/off even easier - anatomically shaped feet - flexible - comfortable - breatheable - a pleasure to wear!
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Phone: 570.753.8551 Fax: 570.753.8920 info@slaterun.com
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