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The Fish and Boat Commission Stocking the Old Campground Pool in October.
A special thanks to everyone who helped stock at the old campground, the mouth of Little Slate, and behind the shop, and especially to Dick Crawford who slowly dumped the trout from the net into Pine so they could be filmed.
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 | Slate Run Tackle Shop's Brown Trout Club Stocking German Browns Near The Slate Run Bridge.
Thank You Vanessa Cabral and Matt Much for all the heavy carrying and help! |
 | | A Great October Brown Caddis Hatch As Stan Kiec and Bill Ritter Fish... |
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October 24, 2013 Tackle Shop Newsletter
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| Dear (Contact First Name),
Thank you for opening this email from Pine and the shop! We hope you enjoy a trip to Pine Creek through this newsletter. The first video above is of the Fish and Boat Commission stocking brown trout at the old campground pool. The second is of the Slate Run Tackle Shop's Brown Trout Club stocking German browns near the Slate Run bridge. The third is of an excellent October brown caddis hatch while Stan Kiec and Bill Ritter fish the riff (notice a fish feed just to the right-front of Stan - and, just after the video, Bill, on the right, connected with one of the big German browns!). The fourth is a video of a very large brown trout finning in the current as two anglers fish below in the Schoolhouse Riffle. The next is a picture of an angler fishing the riffle coming into the old campground pool - what a setting! And, the last is a short video of Jamie reaching deep into his bag of tricks to entice a visible brownie into striking his bead-head nymph. We hope you enjoy our email, we look forward to having you back again for the next edition!
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What's working...
What is working is not necessarily a compilation of what is hatching. For instance, the Light Cahill (yellow, cream, and orange) is certainly still working although their emergence dates have long passed - we have seen a few flies that look like Cahills at the end of the evening's brown caddis swarms and the trout want them. So, what's working is just that, it is a list of what the trout have been taking throughout the Delayed Harvest stretch over the last couple days to a week. What they take may be what they are still looking for instead of what is present.
We'll start with: the size 14 Light Cahill, the soft hackle Cahill, the BWOs, the Rusty Spinner, October Caddis, brown caddis, elk hair caddis (fished dry and as an emerger), Slate Drake (dry, emerger, nymph), the Stimulator, and midges. Underneath, usually as a dropper, try: the bead-head Prince, Pheasant Tail Flashback, Stone fly nymphs, and the Hare's Ear Nymph. The Psycho Ant is still taking a good share of trout and figures to continue its productivity until after the snow flies. Of course, the Green Weenie, buggers, sculpins, grasshoppers, and caddis larvae also have been the answer for some anglers. Location, even on the 1.2 mile Delayed Harvest stretch, since it contains micro habitats with micro insect distribution, does have a bearing on the best imitation to try.
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Just a few more casts...
This is one of my favorite times to fish, but, I must admit, there is not a season that is not my favorite! When the water gets colder and the leaves are muted golds, yellows, reds, and the pines and hemlocks stand vivid with their green, the late afternoon gold of the sun animates the colors. Watch carefully and you'll see shadows born from every leaf and twig to create contrast in Pine Creek's magical autumn wonderland. Trout are magical as well while the weather takes on a chill, the breeze sometimes stiffens, and the angler can be left wondering what happened to the seemingly more cooperative earlier-fall brownies. Just as the German Browns' colors ripen and deepen as their thoughts turn to more prurient upstream matters, their diet undergoes changes that the fish have not yet discovered. We can see that hatches end and the great robust emergences, with few exceptions, tend to be events that will wait again until spring. But while this transition is occurring, the fish are still in a routine. They react to the underwater movement of insects - if they didn't, many potential meals would drift by to the waiting mouth of a neighboring fish. Cahills working? That's absurd you might say, but, trout are accustomed to the Cahills, in one shade or another for a long stretch of the mayfly season. Cahills also match many other flies close enough that in varying light and differing water conditions, they are a big part of a trout's diet that is a constant. So, if trout have taken Cahills for an extended period in a certain pool, and you are watching to see what is happening, prospect. They are looking for Cahills and mother nature may not provide - but you can! Just carefully cast a Cahill with the confidence that it will work, and give the trout what they are accustomed to, in a way that will be hard for them to refuse.
The point is, it doesn't have to be a Cahill, or any particular fly, it does have to be a product of the angler's thoughts from the trout's perspective. We all need a "bag of tricks" to draw from what is out of the ordinary, but based on something having to do with enticing a trout to take. An angler came into the shop and bought a few Psycho Ants. He had no luck with them on the surface, so he tied one on his sinking line, put a BB against its head, and worked the big ant under the surface. A short while later the fisherman landed four real nice brownies and stopped at the shop with a word of thanks for putting him onto the Psycho. The story was told several times since then, and the results repeated by several others. One more trick added! The video below is of Jamie Schoonover on the old campground pool. No one was catching trout in the riffle in the late afternoon so Jamie moved down to the slab rock and spotted a pod of trout. They wouldn't touch anything drifting naturally so he tied on a bead-head nymph, cast ahead of the fish and let the fly sink; then, he lifted the tip of his rod and the trout below was hooked. Jamie played with the school of fish and found something that made them strike.
It is a beautiful time of the year that is crisp, clear, and provides an opportunity to catch some truly magnificent Slate Run Delayed Harvest trout. The fish are definitely there, most anglers have the flies, it only takes a little skill and some of the imagination we all had in our youth.
 | | Jamie Schoonover Catches Trout by Playing With a Nymph |
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Thanks for being with us again. We'll be back in another few weeks with a few more stocking videos, the latest news about our trout, flies, catches, and scenes of our favorite waters!
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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