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Cedar Run's Many Trout & Native Albino Brookie
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Dave's September 8th Brown Trout
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John McPhillip's Great Pine Creek September 15th Brown Trout
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September 24, 2013 Tackle Shop Newsletter
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| Dear (Contact First Name),
Thanks for being with us again. We hope you enjoy the videos we have for you in this September newsletter. The first video above is of one small pool on Cedar with a pile of trout, and, a natural albino brook trout (how rare is that)! The second video is of Dave catching a big brown on Pine using a size six Psycho Ant - notice the additional trout chasing emergers in the background! The third is of John McPhillips catching a great brown trout on a size 14 Light Cahill - what colors! The fourth is of Seth Ebersole as he catches his first smallmouth in Pine at Pettecote Junction Campground, and, on the surface with a Psycho Ant. The fourth, fifth, and sixth are pictures of trout that survived the heat of the summer - please read "just a few more casts." And, the last is a video of another small pool on Cedar with quite a few trout along with a few really large specimens.
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What's working...
September has been incredible! Pine Creek's water is staying between 54 and 62 degrees and the levels have been perfect to define the runs, pools, and holding locations - making reading the water a lot easier. Also, combine the numbers of holdover trout with those just stocked along with the excellent fly hatches, and, the result: excellent trout fishing on Pine! The most active fly that trout are taking is the Light (cream) Cahill, big white flies, and the October Caddis (Yak Caddis). The Hexagenia Limbata in a size 8 is still present along with the Slate Drake! What else is on the water: BWOs, Tricos, big white caddis at dark, lighter elk hair caddis, and white and dark midges. Anglers have also had good success on nymphs during the afternoon, the green weenie, the Psycho Ant, and various terrestrials. Some days, the surface of the Delayed Harvest Stretch has come alive with trout feeding - some sipping on the surface, and others coming all the way out of the water as they chase emergers. You don't want to miss the action!
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Pine Creek trout after the summer heat wave - a cold night and
they were redispersed! They are resilient browns that survive and prosper in the very special Delayed Harvest stretch at Slate - Can't we protect them at the mouths of the runs where they are most vulnerable? They deserve a true sportsperson's respect, and our protection!
Dave's beautiful brown caught on a Light Cahill September 14th - a holdover!
John McPhillips' incredible brown September 15th - a holdover!
Just a few more casts...
From time to time we come across something or some location that is very special in our lives, apart from home and family. It is elevated, in our thinking, beyond monetary value: its status is not included on a scale with material possessions, it stands alone... For many who come to Slate Run and stop into the shop for tackle, flies, a sandwich, or to share a good story, our Delayed Harvest stretch is just one of those unique and remarkable spots.
Flowing through chutes, babbling over rocks, skating around corners, reposing in pools, and gliding along coldwater springs and tributaries, our 1.2 miles of Pine Creek is home to gold-bellied, deep-sided browns, magenta-striped rainbows, and aquatic insects that emerge in every month of the year. It is also home to a cycle that the trout use with as much certainty as day turning to night. Pine is not a single homogeneous temperature - it is a heterogeneous mixture. If you lower a thermometer into the water and take a reading in one spot, you can be sure a reading taken in a different flow in the same general location will not be the same as the first. Pine reminds me of the bottles of milk we got delivered to our home when I was young, it was not homogenized back then and the cream would separate and float to the top. Our stream is not one mixture or temperature either. The trout know this phenomenon, and they know the life-giving, cold-water locations even better than those of us equipped with our trusty thermometers!
Over the past two years I've watched the pulse of this cycle beating almost daily, especially when Pine was at its lowest and warmest. In the short periods of the warmest water on Pine, the trout moved to the mouths of the tributaries and into deep spring seeps along its mountain sides. They usually dispersed during the cooler nights and, if the day was hot again and the water warmed, the trout returned to the cold tributary mouths and spring seeps. They did this without fanfare, no gulping for "breath", no fins splashing or side-ways trout floating in the shallows. The movement to the colder areas was fluid, and they had a pecking order to the line-up. Trout coming from the flats and entering the line were bumped out until the fish took the location the fish allowed as appropriate. This daily migration occurred until Pine's temperatures allowed the gathered fish to stay dispersed along the creek.
Many people watch this movement and don't fish for the congregated trout - they think it is too valuable a resource to take advantage of, and, they wouldn't "fish" when the trout are schooled for survival anyway - they believe in the time-honored sportsman's motto of "fair chase". During those short periods of time, smallmouth bass become king and fishing continues, but not near the tributaries. Wouldn't it be a great asset for Pine and its trout, and an uplifting of the values we espouse, if we could prohibit fishing 50 feet up or downstream of Cedar, Slate, Little Slate, Bonnell, and Naval Runs? Snaggers already get their share of these great fish. Let's tighten up the regulations and aid these magnificent trout in what is simply their daily routine during the times of warmer water. And, let's make the Delayed Harvest stretch Catch and Release only. When trout are stocked into the stretch, they do move up and downstream allowing for a natural in-stream repopulation for nearby "open" water. The stretch is free for all anglers to fish and is a great destination trip for anglers from Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and across Pennsylvania.
Along the way, if we could do this, we'll be saying something to ourselves and to our next generations...some spots, and some things are too special to consume. They are elevated, in our thinking, beyond monetary value: their status is not included on a scale with material possessions, they stand alone. The Delayed Harvest stretch at Slate Run - The Golden Mile, or The Dream Mile or whatever moniker you wish to bestow, is a unique, and very special treasure.
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Huge Cedar Run Trout
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Thanks for being with us again. We'll be back in another few weeks with the latest news about our trout, flies, catches, and scenes of our favorite waters! We'll include a few videos of last week's German Browns being stocked.
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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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our long time friend Ron Baker. He was a good friend for over 30 years. Ron was 51 years old and will be deeply missed by all.
Helios2
Helios2 rods are in the shop!
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!
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.
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PO Box 1, Route 414, Slate Run, PA 17769
Phone: 570.753.8551 Fax: 570.753.8920 info@slaterun.com
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Great flies, fly rods, fly fishing supplies, accessories, and a lot of great conversations are in the shop's supply - stop in and check it out!
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